JS is at it again (Was: Re: [Nottingham] GNU/Linux - Guardian | Free
as in there's no profit)
Martin
martin at ml1.co.uk
Thu Jan 22 14:42:51 GMT 2004
Martin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> FYI:
> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4830989-110837,00.html>
>
>
> Free as in there's no profit
>
> Jack Schofield
Jack's at it again. He's mellowed slightly with this one:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4840957-110837,00.html
***
Why you can't get something for nothing
Jack Schofield
Thursday January 22, 2004
The Guardian
[...]
The open source/free software movement is well worth having if it can
fix up failed commercial programs (Netscape, Star Office) and help turn
academic ones into enterprise class software (Python, Apache), etc. I'm
all in favour. But I get the impression that its ambitions are rather
higher.
***
Still rather scornful in my humble opinion... But then, possibly
appropriate for his target audience...
Cheers,
Martin
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