Re: Is the proprietary camp winning ?

Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
>
> On 12-Oct-06, at 10:43 AM, Vamsee Kanakala wrote:
>
>> I'm really saddened when people paint "proprietary" to be the enemy 
>> when it's putting the food on so many tables here. Some people want 
>> to be paid for their work, let it be so
>
> are you implying that foss cannot earn people money???? that people 
> arent getting paid for doing foss??????
>
Strawman argument. I never implied you can't make money with foss. As 
the market says, there is place for both. There are businesses which are 
doing both at a time - and surviving. That doesn't make them evil. They 
are applicable in their respective contexts, and they will both continue 
to be relevant for quite some time to come.

I was just lamenting on the blanket statements like 'proprietary is 
evil'  which I think (and many seem to agree) is misleading, and leads 
to the 'us/them' mindset which is harmful, frankly pointless and it's 
not how the real world works. There are smart people on both camps, and 
most people don't even care. We get much more work done have more fun if 
we can just learn to co-operate and use what makes most sense in that 
context.

Vamsee.

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