Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 19:11:57 -0400 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Subject: Re: BSD direction/Damonnews article Message-ID: <3B215BBD.493474A0@pitt.edu> References: <20010604200851.A65559@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3.0.6.32.20010608140211.00ae4470@mail85.pair.com> <3.0.6.32.20010608153126.00f7d7e0@mail85.pair.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010608163202.0482a100@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > At 03:15 PM 6/8/2001, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > >7) Company decides GPL is sufficiently restricted not to affect > >windoze market and releases code under GPL. > > And then, possibly, a variation on the progression you mention: > > 8) Company is dismayed to discover that the GPLed version for > Linux has been ported to Windows and that they're now losing > revenue on that platform. > This is something I have never seen. MBAs tend to think (naively perhaps?) that the Unix version will never be ported to Windows. I can't recall an example of this happening (with a commercial product), it would be a good lesson...MBAs learn by killing companies. Pedro. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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