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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 06:19:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:19:27 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F3CDDDF.70205@noplace.com> References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <3F3A39E6.1070803@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.a5.03.3c Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 15 Aug 2003 13:21:48 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41510 Date: 2003-08-15T13:21:48+00:00 List-Id: Boy, that sounds an awful lot like Linux to me! :-) And what is Microsoft whining about to anyone who will listen? About how Linux is a threat and is unfair because its "Free" (translation: "Dumping") Now I'm going to have a good laugh! :-) MDC Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > > > Actually, that is a very good point that is easy to overlook > (price dumping)! > > You could expend a half a lifetime developing something like > a Netscape browser, and then market it. M$ sees how useful this > is and either tries to buy you out, or just creates one of its > own and then just gives it away. Based on history, I'd say you'd > be better off taking the M$ offer, given the way the outcome > works. But you'd have to be left "feeling dirty" with M$ > money. ;-) > > This has happened at all software size levels, from what I can > see. Where is the profit in this? If I release my software free, > (under the GPL), this actually puts M$ at a disadvantage. That > thought, warms my heart ;-) > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================