[Ilugc] Is the proprietary camp winning ?
- From: masivakumar@xxxxxxxxx (Sivakumar Ma)
- Date: Sat Oct 14 18:17:12 2006
On 10/14/06, Prashanth Mohan <prashmohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Sivakumar Ma wrote:
I vote for the 'proprietery is evil' camp.
Evil is a strong word. But in this context please take it as proprietary
software is not beneficial to the industry as a whole.
All your arguments are pro GPL. None of them explain why `proprietary is
evil'. Blunt statements as such only inhibit ones view.
1. Closed source developemnt leads to reinventing wheel type of work,
getting resources wasted.
2. Closed source sales and usage means users have to depend on a single
vendor to fix bugs and add new features.
3. Closed source means students can not look at the code and learn.
4. Closed source helps build huge companies which inhibits free spirit in
the market place stiffling innovation. (Microsoft etc.)
and so on.
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Ma Sivakumar,
BSG LeatherLink Pvt Limited,
Chennai.
http://www.leatherlink.net
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