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Subject: Re: Programmer's opinions abut "closed source" wanted.

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:27:47 12/23/05

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On December 23, 2005 at 05:43:13, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote:

>On December 23, 2005 at 05:27:14, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>Sorry, Paul, but you change the topic. I am neither pro closed code nor pro open
>>source. What I mean is that a chimp doesnt pretend he's a human being. Please
>>come back to that key point. IF Thomas had declared it from the beginning then
>>nobody would see a single problem with his changes.
>
>If chimps don't pretend they are humans, it's because of the 1% (only)
>difference. For the same reason, Toga 1.0 is stronger than Fruit 2.0 and Toga
>1.1 is stronger than Fruit 2.1.
>
>IIRC the release of Toga 0.93 was changed to be entirely correct under the Gnu
>public license conditions, and 1.0 and 1.1 were always correct. You may ask who,
>and why, still saw a problem nevertheless: The "problem" was T.Gaksch's releases
>always were stronger than the just recently before released Fruit versions, they
>were based upon. --> Source closed.
>
>A good idea to collect software improvements: Make it open source, see what
>others contribute as improvements, then close source and make a lot of $$$
>bucks!
>
>Yours truly Paul J. Sacral

If your target is to be number 1 then
I think that it is better to always have your source close.
I do not believe that fabien makes a lot of money and it is harder to be the
best in that way because opponents can also learn from the open source.

Uri



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