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Linux isn't a good example.
It's expense reduction vs Unix for servers, funded by lower staffing costs.

A better example is a product like OpenOffice.org, proprietary software given to a project as a desperation play because the former owner4 couldn't make a profit. And hopes to sell a branded version of the result.

Red Hat, though it's a Linux seller, is a variant of the same strategy.

The reason for the effort by those not paid to work on the software? To an extent, reducing the sales and thus the profits and thus the ability to employ people of proprietary companies.

Mr. Stallman has a substantial resemblance to Ayn Rand in his absolutism. Though Rand has more sense of the way people benefit in income from efforts necessarily involving a number of people. She's more humane.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 10/27/08  (Edited: 10/27/2008 @ 07:02) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Linux isn't a good example.  Anton Philidor | 10/27/08
"Linux isn't a good example"  kozmcrae | 10/27/08
Work or play?  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Why I used Linux  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/28/08
Bad examples  jorjitop | 10/29/08
When profits become an only end ....  kd5auq | 10/27/08
"... to sell an upgrade ..."  Anton Philidor | 10/27/08
"95% of the world, give or take, disagrees"  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Jesus?  Think! | 10/28/08
You know what they say about opinions?  Ole Man | 10/29/08
Think!  djchandler | 10/29/08
Good point.  914four | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  asdfasdfasdfasdf1111111111 | 10/27/08
Meh?  Churlish | 10/27/08
Yes Meh  1111111222222222 | 10/27/08
So what you're telling me...  Churlish | 10/28/08
Have you ever considered the meaning of "stranglehold"?  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Government needs to be part of the market  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/28/08
"if Microsoft somehow gained a stranglehold on computing worldwide"  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Why I used Atlas Shrugs and Ayn Rand  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/28/08
Off the mark in three respects  jwbales@... | 10/28/08
Ayn Rand? Are you kidding?  MisterMiester | 10/27/08
and what kind of 'oid' are you?  John Donohue | 10/27/08
Need I say more?  MisterMiester | 10/27/08
Nope!  InAction Man | 10/27/08
A leaf can be neither green or red at the same time  GuidingLight | 10/27/08
?  Think! | 10/27/08
Cogito, ergo sum  GuidingLight | 10/28/08
I think therefore I am  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/28/08
The possibilities are unlimited (infinity)  Ole Man | 10/28/08
fairness in ego  John Donohue | 10/30/08
Darkness in light?  Ole Man | 11/02/08
Atlas Shrugged  xnilo | 10/27/08
And the communities you mention are?  InAction Man | 10/27/08
How about the communities of...  Henrik Moller | 10/27/08
Well Said  xnilo | 10/27/08
The fruits of others labors...  leigh@... | 10/27/08
First,...  Henrik Moller | 10/27/08
Who should we blame for the finacial crisis??  homeschooldad@... | 10/28/08
You should blame the "liberal media", instead  Ole Man | 10/28/08
How about the rascal (Bank) who dangles a carrot before the mule?  Ole Man | 10/28/08
objectivism + capitalism = atheism and/or humanism  djchandler | 10/27/08
Interesting point but incorrect  LiquidLearner | 10/27/08
Flat rate tax?  djchandler | 10/28/08
And the wisest man who ever lived  Ole Man | 10/28/08
So Dana reminds you of a character.....  Ole Man | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  stevenjhalasz | 10/27/08
You wish  Ole Man | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  John Donohue | 10/27/08
Umm, John  waecaidr@... | 10/27/08
Allowing a producer to retain  frgough | 10/27/08
Fine...  djchandler | 10/27/08
Definitions?  Churlish | 10/27/08
Definition by institution  djchandler | 10/27/08
it is not a democracy, or at least it shouldn't be  John Donohue | 10/27/08
Let me reiterate...  djchandler | 10/27/08
Anarchy  LiquidLearner | 10/27/08
Yeah, isolationism is the answer.  djchandler | 10/28/08
Very well articulated and presented  Ole Man | 10/28/08
And this is why  frgough | 10/28/08
Your bailiwick  djchandler | 10/28/08
Oh, the evils of Socialism  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Word games  frgough | 10/28/08
Am I my brother's keeper?  djchandler | 10/28/08
Welcome to the discussion, Scrooge  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Read this and tell me ...  dkawalec | 10/27/08
thank you for realizing I am consistent  John Donohue | 10/27/08
You obviously didn't read...  Henrik Moller | 10/27/08
some short circuit...  leigh@... | 10/27/08
This is what always happens  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Beautiful words.  kozmcrae | 10/28/08
Mother Earth  no_zd_user_name | 10/27/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  John Donohue | 10/27/08
He's no masochist  InAction Man | 10/27/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  MijkelM | 10/27/08
"Rule by those few..."  dcinkc | 10/27/08
But don't forget...  Churlish | 10/27/08
The abyss of economic depression  djchandler | 10/27/08
...right to mandate morality  boothby | 10/27/08
So...  djchandler | 10/27/08
FDR ?  Think! | 10/27/08
One other possibility  djchandler | 10/28/08
20/20 hindsight is great 70 years later  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Are you advocating anarchy?  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Talk about not getting it  frgough | 10/27/08
You forgot one thing ...  MisterMiester | 10/27/08
No, You forgot one thing. . .  Think! | 10/27/08
I see that you're on a pedastal ...  MisterMiester | 10/27/08
Wow  Think! | 10/27/08
Careful you don't get your ego punctured  Ole Man | 10/28/08
You fail  Think! | 10/28/08
"You've refuted my every argument!" (@ Think)  Ole Man | 10/29/08
Still not getting it  frgough | 10/28/08
their mouth grows as they complain about the unfairness  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Fact?  djchandler | 10/27/08
Wrong on many levels  frgough | 10/28/08
Let's make some assumptions here then...  djchandler | 10/28/08
What Does This Have To Do With Twitter?  itanalyst2@... | 10/27/08
Try actually reading Ayn Rand  Think! | 10/27/08
I've read a bunch of Ayn Rand's works  Dr_Zinj | 10/28/08
Looks like you sould. . .  Think! | 10/28/08
Add stubornness to arrogance  Ole Man | 10/28/08
If you are a representative, or example  Ole Man | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  coreyo | 10/27/08
Good way to get responses  John L. Ries | 10/27/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  1111111222222222 | 10/27/08
John Galt is at his Gulch -- and the looters are loosing all .....  brian@... | 10/27/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  gregzdnet | 10/27/08
From one extreme to another  Ole Man | 10/28/08
The proprietary and open source model both have their points.  kozmcrae | 10/27/08
Nothing wrong with proprietary software  Ole Man | 10/28/08
Quality of the Product  DevGuy_z | 10/28/08
So far off it's not even wrong  DaveAtFraud | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  legamin@... | 10/28/08
RE: off topic response  Update victim | 10/28/08
Brilliant and Beautiful  jabailo1 | 10/28/08
Beware of Coke and Sodium  Gradius2 | 10/28/08
RE: John Galt is dead or Linus shrugs  Think! | 10/29/08
Humanism  djchandler | 10/31/08
Ok  Think! | 11/01/08
Strawman by the 2nd sentence  jbperez808@... | 01/25/09

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