Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers"

From: Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net)
Date: 11/07/03

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    To: Debian-User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:27:11 -0600

    On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 11:45, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
    > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:01:58AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
    >
    > > As in "proprietary, closed-source apps"?
    > >
    > > Well, that depends on if you see them as a "problem", or something
    > > that you prefer not to use.
    > >
    > > I prefer not to use proprietary, closed-source apps, but, when
    > > necessary, will pay for them, and use them, even on Debian.
    >
    > Personally I haven't really made my mind up about prioprietry apps, and
    > whether RMS is right or not. However, the success of Linux is widely
    > attributed to the open-source development model, so I can't really see
    > the future of Linux throwing it away.

    I'm all for the open-source development model. However, we must
    respect that some companies want to keep their source closed, and
    still sell to the Linux market.

    For example, as good as PostgreSQL is, there are many places where
    it doesn't have the needed oomph or feature set that companies need.
    Thus, Oracle, IBM (with DB/2 & Informix) & Sybase meet the need.

    On the other end of the scale, there are, as far as I know, no OSS
    packages comparable to Reader Rabbit or Calendar Creator or Act!
    or EndNote or Quark. Some are ok, but in many cases, nothing is
    out there in the OSS world.

    The standard OSS business model is "the program+source is free, and
    we make money selling support". However, the bottom line is that
    there just is no market for supporting consumer-grade apps like
    Reader Rabbit and Calendar Creator, or even SOHO apps like Act!
    and EndNote. 

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