> I disagree that everyone should use Plain English, however; if you're
> not sure what a word means, look it up and extend your vocabulary :)
+1 -- every day's a school day.
2009/8/16 William Anderson
> Paul Sutton wrote:
> >> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> >>> I disagree. Making *everything* open s
Paul Sutton wrote:
>> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>>> I disagree. Making *everything* open source would be pyrrhic panacea.
>>> Competition is good. Competition is what has spurned the FOSS movement
>>> and proprietary vendors alike. Trying to eradicate the proprietary
>>> market is unrealistic and
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James Tait wrote:
> Alan Lord (News) wrote:
>> I disagree. Making *everything* open source would be pyrrhic panacea.
>> Competition is good. Competition is what has spurned the FOSS movement
>> and proprietary vendors alike. Trying to eradicate the p
On Sunday 16 Aug 2009 09:30:59 David King wrote:
> Why is competition good?
>
Because competition drives innovation.
For companies competition means they could lose market share and profit,
unless they keep "improving" their product. So it's entirely seen as a threat
to their bottom line.
Why is competition good?
Personally, I think co-operation is much better. I though that FOSS was
all about co-operation, and people making software that people actually
need, rather than coming up with a new upgrade (like MS Office 2007)
just because the makers need to make more money.
Compet
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Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> I disagree. Making *everything* open source would be pyrrhic panacea.
> Competition is good. Competition is what has spurned the FOSS movement
> and proprietary vendors alike. Trying to eradicate the proprietary
> market is
On 14/08/09 11:03, David King wrote:
> All software patents are bad. Although there might be a short term
> benefit for software like OpenOffice, if businesses think they cannot
> buy MS Word, or they literally cannot buy it, or they have it but are
> afraid to use it now, then they might go for Op
2009/8/14 David King :
> [snip]
> It is also kind of ironic, given that MS threatened to sue the open
> source software community for undisclosed infringements on its patents.
> Maybe they need a taste of their own medicine.
Since Microsoft are seen as having such deep pockets, they get sued
for i
All software patents are bad. Although there might be a short term
benefit for software like OpenOffice, if businesses think they cannot
buy MS Word, or they literally cannot buy it, or they have it but are
afraid to use it now, then they might go for OpenOffice.
As OpenOffice is given away fre
