From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,74b2c28810483a9c X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,88b676af04f3073d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: David Masterson Subject: Re: future of proprietry source code (was: Ada generics are bad) Date: 1998/04/16 Message-ID: <35366E1D.51EB6CF2@kla-tencor.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 344788935 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6gm6jc$fbp@newshub.atmnet.net> <6gs5qa$s46@newshub.atmnet.net> <6gt05f$rt8@drn.newsguy.com> <6gthdp$bje$1@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <3533DD6A.B2EB8D16@kla-tencor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: KLA-Tencor Corp. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1998-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: David Kastrup wrote: > > David Masterson writes: > > > The current interest in "free" software is largely due to a backlash > > against Microsoft. If Microsoft succeeds in quelling this backlash, > > then the fervor for "free" software will die down (it won't go away) > > and so will the progress that GPL'd software is making. > > The problem is that the "backlash" is not a mere temporary greed > symptom but is caused by the exact business practices that make > Microsoft successful at the inconvenience of their users and the > global market. > > If it is going to stop, the business practices have to change to the > better. But actual developments seem to go openly into the other > direction. Which suggests... what? -- ========================= David Masterson KLA-Tencor Corp. One Technology Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 408-875-6836 David.Masterson@kla-tencor.com ========================= I only speak for myself it keeps me out of trouble