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Subject: Re: Open Source Ideas Into Commercial Programs?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:23:38 08/24/05

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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.  :)


>
>>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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