On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 10:01:37AM +0200, Idan Sofer wrote: > On Monday 17 November 2003 05:54, you wrote: > > solutions, but I also want my hardware to work, and to have some > > professional quality software that there is no chance will ever hit the > > opensource. Although drifting off again, peer pressure wont solve all the > > opensource problems. Lets see peer pressure get matlab in the open source > > ;-) (or maybe final cut which hasn't even made it into the windows > > version). > > It all really depends on customer awareness, closed source software exist only > because people are willing to buy and use something that restricts their > freedoms - as customer awareness improves, we see more companies moving > towards open source. > > When this awareness will reach critical-mass, closed source will just have no > choice, plain and simple:-) >
I'll be very happy if that happens but I seriously doubt it. Especially with software that requires such investment in developing. I'm supportive (and try to contribute my part) just not as optimistic. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
