yes, its terrible...the company can't make as much money....but you said it right there:
"who wins, well the consumer does"
and in the case of government, the consumer (i.e. public, taxpayer, ultimate end-user of the government) wins, whether it is proprietary or opensource. and if it's opensource, then the public has an open-ended amount of what it can "win", whereas with closed-source, that amount is limited by the company.
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Re:what a ridiculous story
Posted by: smitty45 on July 25, 2003 07:47 PM"who wins, well the consumer does"
and in the case of government, the consumer (i.e. public, taxpayer, ultimate end-user of the government) wins, whether it is proprietary or opensource. and if it's opensource, then the public has an open-ended amount of what it can "win", whereas with closed-source, that amount is limited by the company.
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