G Karunakar wrote:
On 8/31/06, Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
There's an article in The Times of India (page 23, "No Free lunches for me") by Charles Assisi, who describes himself as "A socialist turned capitalist". He makes an argument about why Free Software will not work in the mainstream market.
His argument is that if he writes something and gives it away to a community, the community is free to improve it and distribute it. But at the same time, he stands to lose his livelihood as he becomes a disposable commodity in the face of the hundreds in the community.
My thinking is what he fears is more of the kind that one (maybe) cannot become a billionaire.. doing FOSS business... maybe becoming most adorable, admired, travelled,.. etc is not what he wants!!
My guess is that `someone' with vested interest in killing FOSS has invested in precious media space.
Regards,
Rony.
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