Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:54:00 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: M$ anti-trust case Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000417175400.00891150@mail85.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000417163647.03e1c5b0@localhost> References: <20000417183905.D27040@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <001201bfa891$92066480$021d85d1@youwant.to> <3.0.6.32.20000417104107.0088ee50@mail85.pair.com> <001201bfa891$92066480$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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At 16:37 17-04-2000 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>Hurting developers hurts consumers. This is why the GPL hurts consumers
>as well.
Agreed. Two sides of the same coin. And a double jeopardy. If you produce
quality commercial software, M$ will undercut you; If you produce quality
shareware, some kid will steal your idea and produce a gpled version.
Either way the consumer seems to save money, but loses big.
Cheers,
Adam
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