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No, it's subsidizing you...
The government is providing you value for your tax dollar, instead of just taking the dollar. Government agencies, and government-funded institutions like public universities, are where open source began. It came from the recognition that they could save *alot* of money by sharing instead of reinventing the wheel from one agency to the next. And also the recognition that since taxpayers funded the agencies and public universities, the public should have access to the code as well, and be able to use it and build on top of it. You actually get something back from your tax dollars in this case!

And it is in the interests of free enterprise - anyone has equal footing: we can all use the same open source components and have those as a base to build on top of. Those who choose not to, and instead rebuild from scratch, well...that's their business decision. As long as it's available to everyone, noone can complain that it's not equal footing, and there is no impediment to free enterprise. The value is what solution you can create on top of these infrastructural components.

Unless you can validly argue to the contrary, rather than just spewing general statements without some reasoning behind them.

So...tell us *why* you think this is not in the interests of free enterprise, rather than just saying so. Give us some valid supporting arguments. Otherwise, dispense with the canned statements!
Posted by: techboy_z   Posted on: 05/04/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Promptly taken care of  Boot_Agnostic | 05/03/06
My sides are busting  OldMarine | 05/18/06
Open-source hunt digs up more flaws  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
give it a rest dude  stormdoor | 05/03/06
Forgive stormdoor  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Really?  zkiwi | 05/03/06
Wow, who thought that one up for ya?  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 05/04/06
Not entirely true  Sabz5150 | 05/03/06
But there is some truth  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Ummm did you miss the part  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
Some info for the less informed  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
I read it  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Unfortunately...  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
How do you know how many have  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
404 Error on your link  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
This is the source  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
Ahh, nice!  Tony Agudo | 05/03/06
If you could actually read...  zkiwi | 05/03/06
I did  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
Pot... meet kettle!  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
I didn't deny the existence of the flaw  zkiwi | 05/03/06
What's more  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
come on guys...  Monkey_MCSE | 05/03/06
name calling  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
You should really  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
seems you're the only one who disagree'd  Monkey_MCSE | 05/03/06
Balls?  firehound | 05/03/06
Balls, yes. Anything else, apparently not.  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 05/04/06
Whats more  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
But it was still affected  Linux User 147560 | 05/03/06
Do explain  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
Just like government helping open science, this makes a lot of sense.  DonnieBoy | 05/03/06
tax payers are spending money alright  Loverock Davidson | 05/03/06
But not in this case  zkiwi | 05/03/06
Isnt this subsidising the cost of open source  zzz1234567890 | 05/03/06
well, it is, and there's a difference...  Monkey_MCSE | 05/03/06
Funny you should mention that  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/03/06
They realize that Windows will never be secure, so this is the best way to  DonnieBoy | 05/03/06
Yes, but it really is just chump change.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/03/06
And well worth it  zkiwi | 05/03/06
Well, it is  zkiwi | 05/03/06
Govt does what it wants  Boot_Agnostic | 05/04/06
No, it's subsidizing you...  techboy_z | 05/04/06
I din't expect that it is so easy to find and fix the various defects  michael_t | 05/03/06

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