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I?ll try to be as simple as I can.

Microsoft has 95% of the market. It means that 95% of the World pays Microsoft for the same packages.

If we will replace Microsoft with OSS under GPL ? logically the whole World (if the countries will make an agreement) could to buy only 1 set of packages at the time it was developed and SHARE it.

For example, Microsoft sells the same Windows XP to the U.S., Europe, Asia, etc. and each one pays fees to the SAME company Microsoft. Now imagine if they will make an agreement between each other and will buy only ONE license for all members of the agreement. They will save $billions.

The problem is Microsoft or any proprietary company (e.g. Apple) will never agree on this scenario because it doesn?t match with their business model.

Why? Because a typical business model is ?Homo Homini Lupus Est? (Man is a wolf to his fellow-man; one man preys on another, etc.). But this is a law for animals because they have no brains to cooperate. For mankind it has to be cooperation because it allows receiving more benefits vs. ?Homo Homini Lupus Est? model.

So, if we will use the opposite to Microsoft, Apple or the like business model ? ALL mankind will be benefit including developers (compared to what we have now).

How? All members of the agreement agreed to pay OSS developers for packages they develop but ONE license for ALL members of the agreement. The cost will be just a small fraction of what they pay for Microsoft now. Plus piracy will disappear because of ONE license (nothing to steal), more jobs will be available because instead of paying to ONE man ? Bill Gates - people can split the profit, etc.

Everything on the top of the agreement is not free.

For example, you get for free the basic: an OS, word processor, spreadsheet, browser, photo/video/audio editors, web tools, etc., but super features for the packages are not free. (The members of the agreement develop the 'core', the rest - the 'surface').

To say it shortly ? each company and all other members of the agreement will earn more benefits (money, quality, etc.) except Microsoft. Judge yourself ? what is better ? to charge $1,000 for 100 licenses or $ 1 from a billion people?

Posted by: Vily Clay   Posted on: 08/11/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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