Re: Free software, proprietary software and Stalin

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@xxxxxxx>]

>>"Arun" == Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

 Arun> "Why software should not have owners" below:
 Arun> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html

 Arun> If software can not have owners, commercial software can not exist. In
 Arun> other words, commercial software gets destroyed. That is a stated goal.

        You do havre a problem with logic. Because we think that all
 software should be open does not mean we go around destroying
 commercial software. We just create a better alternative. (Guess what
 SCO is doing now?)

 >> From the GNU Manifesto:

 quote> 
 Arun> "My company needs a proprietary operating system to get a
 Arun>  competitive edge."

 Arun>    GNU will remove operating system software from the realm of
 Arun> competition.  You will not be able to get an edge in this area, but
 Arun> neither will your competitors be able to get an edge over you.  You and
 Arun> they will compete in other areas, while benefiting mutually in this
 Arun> one.  If your business is selling an operating system, you will not
 Arun> like GNU, but that's tough on you.  If your business is something else,
 Arun> GNU can save you from being pushed into the expensive business of
 Arun> selling operating systems

 >> /quote>

 Arun> Sure, operating system is not all of commercial software. But the intent
 Arun> is clear enough to me. I have seen no indication that the intent will 
 Arun> remain confined to "commercial operating system software".

        Hell, why do you think we are making Linux a great OS? Is it
 not hurting UNIX and other commercial OS's? What would you rather we
 do? Not make Linux any better, so that people can retain their
 comeptitive advantage?

        Jesus, that's stupid.

        Look, if GNU software is so much better that commercial
 software can't compete, you loose the commercial edge.

        Am I shedding buckets of tears becaus windows is not as
 competitive as it used to be? Am I shedding tears because a low end
 server OS is rapidly getting to be free software? Am I crying that
 apache has made commercial advantage a joke?

        Bah.

        Only the people who wanted to hoard software and make money
 off it need be scared -- for free software is something they do not
 understand, and thus rightly fear.

        manoj
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Manoj Srivastava   <srivasta@xxxxxxxxxx>  <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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