[LINK] Will all software go open source?

[Kim Holburn]

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On 2006 Jul 28, at 10:13 AM, Brendan Scott wrote:

> Kim
> You can't make money out of open source.  MySQL is just a figment  
> of someone's imagination.  Even if they do exist, they're not  
> really signficiant because someone else wrote a database before  
> they did so they're not being innovative.  There has never been any  
> proven link between MySQL's database development and the protection  
> of the fur seal habitat in Northern Alaska.  Now I ask you if they  
> can't help the fur seals, who can they help?
>
>
> As a matter of policy therefore Governments shouldn't fund public  
> education ... or was it road infrastructure?  Hang on, let me check  
> my donor list.
>
>
> Brendan
>
> Kim Holburn wrote:
>> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6098863.html
>>> But is open source good for everything? Marten Mickos, CEO of
>>> MySQL, thinks so. "There is no technical argument for keeping the
>>> code closed. It can never deteriorate from opening, only get
>>> better," he said. Even if Mickos thinks the open-source model has
>>> proven to be technically superior, he sees the need for a more
>>> sustainable business model. He thinks that in five to 10 years, the
>>> model will be in place; all code will be open and money will be
>>> made from it.
>
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