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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: sime on 24 June 2004, 12:57

Title: Open sourcerers slam licensing slur
Post by: sime on 24 June 2004, 12:57

Letters... Ah, open source. Is there a topic more likely to spark an animated discussion among geeks of a certain type?

Blue touch paper lit ... Standing well back... Let the fun begin.....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/letters_2306_opensource/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/letters_2306_opensource/)

Later

Sime

Title: Open sourcerers slam licensing slur
Post by: Refalm on 24 June 2004, 23:09

It's interesting to see that the author believes that the main reason to choose Open Source software is a vendor lock-in.
However, not all propietry software have the intention to do such a thing, and the reason would become jepordised when Microsoft chooses to change it's strategy (which is unlikely at this point).