From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 16 02:59:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA20904 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 02:59:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA20899 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 02:59:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from EXIT10 (i485-gw.cetlink.net [209.198.15.97]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA22857; Sat, 16 May 1998 05:59:45 -0400 (EDT) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: "John S. Dyson" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: commercial software (definitive) Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 10:01:49 GMT Message-ID: <355e6101.3040338@mail.cetlink.net> References: <199805160357.WAA15606@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199805160357.WAA15606@dyson.iquest.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id CAA20900 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 15 May 1998 22:57:38 -0500 (EST), "John S. Dyson" wrote: >When GPLed parts of the system have to be hacked on, it is >understood apriori that the work will not be a part of the >competitive advantage ... (I do like hacking on GCC and stuff, >but know that any potential competitive advantage is lost Some in management believe that competitive advantage must include trade secrets. But the truth is that superior customer service is far more powerful in gaining competitive advantage. That's why I believe that limitations of the GPL are mostly imaginary. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message