From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:33:37 +0200
Date: 2010-10-28T22:33:37+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871v7aqcpq.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 15lnc6vv8z3hc$.1oi6i03umest8$.dlg@40tude.net
Dmitry A. Kazakov writes on comp.lang.ada:
>> Open source would've solved my problem. Open source would've made
>> sure that my 17 employees could count on still having a job in the
>> near future.
>
> For you, yes, but at the macro economical level, as a model, open
> source cannot work. There is no return to the natural economy.
I'm not even sure what you mean by that but what you call "the
macro-economical level" is completely irrelevant to one business
deciding whether or not they need the sources of the software they're
buying. And a manager who buys black-box software is simply making a
mistake, the size of which is commensurate to how much the business
depends on that software. Thomas learned from that past mistake and you
would be well-advised to listen to him.
>> With black box software you simply never know.
>
> This is normal. I go to the shop and see that the product I used to
> buy is no more available. Bad luck. Software update is a product as
> any other.
This may be normal but it is stupid to allow your business to depend on
something you don't know, without a practical or economical way out if
things don't evolve as you wish.
If a software vendor wants to hide their sources from me, I can only see
two explanations:
- their sources are so ugly I'd never want to run their software if I
did see them;
- they want to turn me into a captive customer, which I absolutely
refuse to be.
If I were running a business, if a vendor refused to give me their
sources then I would refuse to give them my money. Simple as that.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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2010-10-13 7:15 Ada is getting more popular! Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-13 12:07 ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 14:51 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-13 17:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-14 22:10 ` Robert A Duff
2010-10-15 7:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-13 15:04 ` Mark Lorenzen
2010-10-13 18:01 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-13 18:50 ` mockturtle
2010-10-13 21:53 ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 22:34 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-13 22:49 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2010-10-13 23:00 ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 23:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-14 0:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-15 12:12 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2010-10-24 22:10 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-13 22:49 ` ramon_garcia
2010-10-13 23:05 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-14 4:59 ` Simon Wright
2010-10-14 18:45 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-14 18:48 ` Vinzent Hoefler
[not found] ` <i95f0n$j61$1@tornado.tornevall.net>
2010-10-14 5:03 ` Simon Wright
2010-10-13 20:17 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-13 22:05 ` Simon Wright
2010-10-14 2:20 ` tmoran
2010-10-24 22:15 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 0:14 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-24 21:21 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 0:12 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 7:43 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 7:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 8:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 9:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 9:47 ` Ludovic Brenta
2010-10-25 10:33 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 11:00 ` Ludovic Brenta
2010-10-25 13:24 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 19:59 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 19:06 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 22:39 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-25 23:29 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26 6:29 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-26 14:33 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-26 13:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-27 11:59 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-27 13:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-27 17:51 ` Laziness (Was: Re: Ada is getting more popular!) Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-27 20:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-03 18:02 ` Ada is getting more popular! Colin Paul Gloster
2010-11-03 20:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-11-04 1:27 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-11-04 1:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26 18:29 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 11:32 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-10-27 19:28 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 19:38 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-27 20:46 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28 6:06 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 8:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 9:41 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 13:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 18:21 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 20:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 20:33 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2010-10-28 21:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 23:37 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-29 8:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29 9:19 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-29 10:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-29 16:55 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 9:50 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 12:58 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 17:48 ` Florian Weimer
2010-10-30 18:50 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 19:02 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-30 19:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 20:57 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-31 7:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 10:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-31 12:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-30 18:17 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-29 16:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28 21:02 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-28 21:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-28 21:28 ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29 5:13 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-29 14:04 ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29 14:03 ` Thomas Løcke
2010-10-30 6:23 ` Brian Drummond
2010-10-29 0:31 ` Chad R. Meiners
2010-10-29 11:47 ` stefan-lucks
2010-10-28 17:25 ` Warren
2010-10-28 9:12 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-28 17:02 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-28 17:58 ` Nicholas Collin Paul Gloster
2010-10-28 18:17 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-29 18:59 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-29 19:56 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-29 20:28 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-29 21:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 1:35 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 5:02 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 6:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 10:38 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 10:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 12:54 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 14:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 13:57 ` Niklas Holsti
2010-10-31 21:02 ` Niklas Holsti
2010-11-02 9:15 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-31 14:39 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-31 17:21 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 18:04 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-31 20:00 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-31 18:06 ` Jeffrey Carter
2010-10-30 0:01 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-30 0:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-30 17:00 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2010-10-26 0:10 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 12:06 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 13:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-10-25 14:55 ` Georg Bauhaus
2010-10-25 19:33 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-26 20:37 ` Shark8
2010-10-25 11:49 ` J-P. Rosen
2010-10-25 19:58 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2010-10-25 19:17 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
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