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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!sgiblab!a2i!satlink!vt1!horacio From: horacio@vt1.satlink.net (Horacio D. Stolovitzky) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: test Message-ID: <756586966.0snx@vt1.satlink.net> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 19:02:46 GMT Distribution: world Organization: Maximiliano Fernandez Lines: 0 #! rnews 1807 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.intercon.com!psinntp!crynwr!nelson From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: SCO market share Distribution: world Message-ID: <756587077snx@crynwr.com> References: <1993Dec21.211911.8123@compu.com> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 93 19:04:37 GMT Organization: Crynwr Software Lines: 26 In article <1993Dec21.211911.8123@compu.com> fr@compu.com writes: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes: >In <2f4qd0$k9f@slab.mtholyoke.edu> jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes: >>I wouldn't be so sure of that... especially for large consumers >>(i.e. big corporations) free operating systems to which they have easy >>access to the source may turn out to be cost-effective to support and >>more reliable in the long run. Time will tell, but so far the signs >>are good. > This attitude is completely contrary to the marketplace trends. More and >more companies are trying to get away from software written and supported >in-house, to use generic commercial software supported by others. Amen. And yet, this commercial software can consist of (free software + commercial support). No reason why not. People keep *saying* that commercial software is better than free software for many purposes. I agree 100% with THAT statement. Unfortunately, what most of these people *mean* is that they think *proprietary* software is better than free software. -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> ftp.msen.com:pub/vendor/crynwr/crynwr.wav Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support. 11 Grant St. | 315-268-1925 (-9201 FAX) | Quakers do it in the light Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do.