On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 00:43 +0000, Daniel Watkins wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Pat wrote: > > Market forces change the world. Not much else. > I have two counterpoints: > 1) Civil rights for black people, women etc. were never gained through > market forces. We're attempting to attain freedom of software for all > people, the same applies (to an extent) to us. > 2) Markets function best only when there is perfect information, so both > supplier and consumer know exactly what demand and supply are. By > informing the supplier that you, as a consumer, will not be purchasing > their product for a specific reason, they will further see the effect > their choices in that area have on the demand for their product. > > > If GNU/etc represents enough of a revenue to a manufacturer they will > > provide support/drivers. They will factor in the costs of development > > and support, and come to a decision based on the business case. > As above, if manufacturers are not aware of how much revenue GNU/etc > represents, they will ignore it completely. > > > I would sooner Kodak didn't support us. As I said, the more people to > > whom they provide support, the more likely they are to be successful. I > > would like to see Kodak go out of business because of their past behaviour. > I would further argue that if you were to avoid buying any consumables > from Kodak, and just buy their printer, they wouldn't be making much of > a profit anyways. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFF0lsW3arasOikFPYRAg1xAKC6Jtc7q+I+Oo4aKj33Wp+afxOOWwCeJJUp > S2m1t29D9Imf1OQU/7ePpWg= > =2UPf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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