Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 25, 2002 03:19 AM
I in no way suggested that developers should be begging. Mandrakes model, was demand side and still a corporate.
What I suggest is demand side and community based. Say I need a small business accounting app and I like GPL software. Well I could sit around and wait for someone to develop one, try to develop one myself if I had the skills, or give up in despair.
Now surely, I am not the only person that has this (or some other need). Basically, what I am suggesting is a community owned and controlled way to aggregrate demand and act as a catalyst to get software developed while still remaining true to the Free software ethic.
What I am not _suggesting_ is developers stand on corners with "Will code for small change signs".
People don't need Microsoft or other proprietary software companies. What they do need is the software tools to get their job done.
So why not cut out the middleman and go straight to the (open) source?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 25, 2002 03:19 AMWhat I suggest is demand side and community based. Say I need a small business accounting app and I like GPL software. Well I could sit around and wait for someone to develop one, try to develop one myself if I had the skills, or give up in despair.
Now surely, I am not the only person that has this (or some other need). Basically, what I am suggesting is a community owned and controlled way to aggregrate demand and act as a catalyst to get software developed while still remaining true to the Free software ethic.
What I am not _suggesting_ is developers stand on corners with "Will code for small change signs".
People don't need Microsoft or other proprietary software companies. What they do need is the software tools to get their job done.
So why not cut out the middleman and go straight to the (open) source?
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