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Subject: Re: Open Source Ideas Into Commercial Programs?

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 13:05:10 08/24/05

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On August 24, 2005 at 15:23:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 24, 2005 at 14:04:00, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>On August 24, 2005 at 13:50:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>It's been a 1-way street.
>>
>>It is not quite as 1-way as it seems when you are only reading the CCC
>>and the Winboard forum.  In private communication, at least some of the
>>top programmers are willing to reveal a few small secrets.
>
>It would be hard for me to read private emails unless I worked for the FBI or
>something.  :)

I think you mean NSA :)


>
>
>>
>>>And as I said many times over the past few years, if
>>>enough amateur authors get together to share ideas, before long the commercial
>>>programs will be no better than the best amateurs, and it won't be long after
>>>that until they are actually worse.  We might be beginning to see this happen
>>>today.
>>
>>I would say it has been happening for years already.  That's why the gap
>>between the amateurs and the commercials keeps shrinking.
>>
>>Tord



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