Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 13, 2004 01:50 AM
Part of the idea that costumers pay for a product to be free is a bit right. It is one way of thinking about open source. Open source in my opinion can be lots of things. From using it just because it's free up to because you need the control, it is all that.
To say OSS is one thing or another is a personal matter for most people.
In microsofts turn is was a nice try to put OSS in a certain box like that. It would exclude it from people who feel it is something else while still stating generaly neutral things about it.
OSS does not only give loads of freedom for using it. It also makes it possible for users to see and think about it in a lot of ways.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 13, 2004 01:50 AMOpen source in my opinion can be lots of things.
From using it just because it's free up to because you need the control, it is all that.
To say OSS is one thing or another is a personal matter for most people.
In microsofts turn is was a nice try to put OSS in a certain box like that. It would exclude it from people who feel it is something else while still stating generaly neutral things about it.
OSS does not only give loads of freedom for using it. It also makes it possible for users to see and think about it in a lot of ways.
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