[Ilugc] Is the proprietary camp winning ?
- From: lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Gonsalves)
- Date: Sat Oct 14 14:28:01 2006
On 14-Oct-06, at 12:49 PM, Prem Kurian Philip wrote:
If ALL software is going to be produced as FOSS by all software
companies
(due to some legislation or due to drastic change of heart), then that
would imply that their competitors also have access to their product
source code and are able to sell the same product
your whole argument is based on the assumption that when this
'nirvana' happens software will still be a product to be sold. It
wont. It will be a service - and computer professionals will join the
ranks of lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants etc who dont sell
knowledge but offer skills.
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kg
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