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-Thread: 103376,afb4d45672b1e262
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
Path: 
 g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns14feed!worldnet.att.net!209.244.4.230!newsfeed1.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen
From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Making money on open source, if not by selling _support_,
 then how?
Date: 12 Apr 2006 12:07:50 -0500
Organization: LJK Software
Message-ID: <hdEwiijzUU4j@eisner.encompasserve.org>
References: <LIednWDbPNgXGbPZRVnysQ@pipex.net>
 <vZWdneJu064bV6zZRVn-tQ@megapath.net> <PJi_f.1717$7Z6.1073@trnddc06>
 <7NOdne-iYtWmIafZnZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@megapath.net>
 <292bf$443bb4e4$45491254$20549@KNOLOGY.NET> <vIP_f.5687$Q92.2119@trnddc04>
 <sazhuikmw20y.1v9dtyxx8ddiy.dlg@40tude.net> <z5S_f.4049$XI6.1174@trnddc05>
 <443bf77d$0$11063$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>
 <RI7%f.4698$7Z6.3710@trnddc06>
NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org
X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1144861616 32028 192.135.80.34 (12 Apr 2006
 17:06:56 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:06:56 +0000 (UTC)
Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3796
Date: 2006-04-12T12:07:50-05:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

In article <RI7%f.4698$7Z6.3710@trnddc06>, Justin Gombos <rpbkbq.xax.gld@uluv.kbq> writes:
> On 2006-04-11, Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote:

>> Which definition is that?
> 
> Conflict of interest.  For both interests to coexist, there must be a
> compromise.  In this case, software quality is compromised.  So to
> recap, it is favorable to have no conflict of interest so you don't
> have to reduce quality.

If your sole goal is software quality.

But if there is not also a goal of software usability, the net effect
of the software may be zero.