Re: Is the proprietary camp winning ?

On 14-Oct-06, at 12:49 PM, Prem Kurian Philip wrote:

> If ALL software is going to be produced as FOSS by all software  
> companies
> (due to some legislation or due to drastic change of heart), then that
> would imply that their competitors also have access to their product
> source code and are able to sell the same product

your whole argument is based on the assumption that when this  
'nirvana' happens software will still be a product to be sold. It  
wont. It will be a service - and computer professionals will join the  
ranks of lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants etc who dont sell  
knowledge but offer skills.

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kg
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