Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 28, 2003 10:21 PM
If any of you remember, these were the big bad guys for all of the Linux-junkies out there before SCO stepped up.
>Then, they put a billion dollars into Linux, and contributed a whole hell of a lot of code. They support the OS, and contribute. They don't try to steal other people's work by saying "well, we were part of the team, therefore we own it all, and the rest of the team is irrelevant".
>When this thing is over and it is decided that IP rights can be protected and you can win against the Linux community many other companies will step forward to collect from Linux as well.
Once you have eradicated the concept of intellectual property by destroying a licensing agreement that is based on copyright laws, I have no doubt that the other scavengers will come out of the woodwork to pick the corpse of Linux clean.
>OpenSource is really good but not for business
Well that all depends: if you've based your whole business model on one OS, or profiting from the OS directly, it isn't going to be good for YOU. So why don't you do like the record companies are doing now, and instead of litigating to destroy rights, you change your business model...Oh...you mean they're not doing that either?
>I have had enough of the "SW for free" mind set at the customer site
Perhaps you need to be in another business. If the business environment is changing to one in which you can't compete, you either get out, or you compete better. Some free software is better than the commercial stuff. Most isn't. Sell your strengths, sell support, or sell responsiveness to the customer. Stop trying to ram your outmoded business model down people's throats by destroying fundamental rights and freedoms as a means to an end!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 28, 2003 10:21 PM>Then, they put a billion dollars into Linux, and contributed a whole hell of a lot of code. They support the OS, and contribute. They don't try to steal other people's work by saying "well, we were part of the team, therefore we own it all, and the rest of the team is irrelevant".
>When this thing is over and it is decided that IP rights can be protected and you can win against the Linux community many other companies will step forward to collect from Linux as well.
Once you have eradicated the concept of intellectual property by destroying a licensing agreement that is based on copyright laws, I have no doubt that the other scavengers will come out of the woodwork to pick the corpse of Linux clean.
>OpenSource is really good but not for business
Well that all depends: if you've based your whole business model on one OS, or profiting from the OS directly, it isn't going to be good for YOU. So why don't you do like the record companies are doing now, and instead of litigating to destroy rights, you change your business model...Oh...you mean they're not doing that either?
>I have had enough of the "SW for free" mind set at the customer site
Perhaps you need to be in another business. If the business environment is changing to one in which you can't compete, you either get out, or you compete better. Some free software is better than the commercial stuff. Most isn't. Sell your strengths, sell support, or sell responsiveness to the customer. Stop trying to ram your outmoded business model down people's throats by destroying fundamental rights and freedoms as a means to an end!
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