From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 21 1:58:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EDF937B422 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:58:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mwm@mired.org) Received: (qmail 14654 invoked by uid 100); 21 Apr 2001 08:58:19 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15073.19371.99471.534039@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 03:58:19 -0500 To: Terry Lambert Cc: dan@langille.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux In-Reply-To: <200104210008.RAA14599@usr07.primenet.com> References: <15071.59246.855623.766901@guru.mired.org> <200104210008.RAA14599@usr07.primenet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert types: > > Yup. Their lack of vision is going to drive them bankrupt. > How would a "visionary company" fund R&D, IYHO? Depends on the software they're trying to produce. I've already described a number of different business models for recovering R&D costs, including selling services and improving staff efficiency. Focusing on one particular business model - whether it's productization or improved efficiency - leads to idiotic claims like "The GPL will reduce programmers to penury." http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message