Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:13:55 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: "Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek" <FST777@phreaker.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When does it make sense for a company to open-source its code? Message-ID: <20030316201355.GA77801@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20030316052400.GJ41628@over-yonder.net> References: <0HBT00H6WFNMOC@net.WAU.NL> <20030316052400.GJ41628@over-yonder.net>
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On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 11:24:00PM -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: : On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 01:21:05AM +0100 I heard the voice of : Frans-Jan v. Steenbeek, and lo! it spake thus: : > : > All the advantages will point to the fact that behind every Open Source : > software-project a huge supporting community stands. That is always a nice : > idea for a company. : : Behing every _SUCCESSFUL_ open source software project, is how that : should read. : : One of Terry's favorite themes to harp on; that community is the biggest : asset of an open source project, but you can't magic a community into : being by waving a magic wand and saying, "Abracadabra, this code is open : source." Well, that's true. Anyone interested in using the code would need our instrument, or something a lot like it. That would imply we would have a small community, especially since up until now our software has been Windows based. Jonathon -- For Sale: French Army rifle. Never fired, dropped once. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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