Γεια σας Προωθώ στη λίστα την απάντηση που έδωσα στον zeppelin, όταν 4 μέρες πριν έθεσε το ίδιο ερώτημα στη λίστα migra2linux του hellug (και στην lgu). Ο zeppelin δεν απάντησε στο παρακάτω και προφανώς ούτε και διάβασε το κείμενο. Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 22:41:38 +0300 From: Serafeim Zanikolas <serzan [ at ] it [ dot ] teithe [ dot ] gr> To: migrate2linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] hellug [ dot ] gr Subject: Re: den xero an i alli lista (GREEK-LINUX-USERS) doulevei kanonika > On Thu, 15 May 2003 12:17:50 +0300 > zeppelin <zeppelin [ at ] techteam [ dot ] gr> wrote: > > > DOREAN (toulaxiston i paroxi tou software) kai telika odigoumaste se > > xespitoma kai anergia mia megali omadas SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT > > Η απάντηση έρχεται από το 1998. > [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-libre-commercial-viability.html] > > As more and more people are choosing Free Software to address their > needs, I'm sure some software companies will try to demonize GNU/Linux > and both the Free Software and the Open Source movements because they > are losing their own market share. Such companies will probably try to > demonstrate that IT employment is decreasing and that humankind is being > damaged by the general adoption of Free Software. > ... > For example, I and others wrote a program for a local physiology center > to analyze data for a typical kind of experiment. During two years of > use, the physicians found so many ways to enhance the program that it is > now reported as better than the commercial solutions. The total of all > fees they paid during these years reveals the program to be more > expensive in the end than some of the commercial alternatives. This fact > is not relevant to my clients, as they have exactly what they want and > they know they can have more should the need arise. The program is > obviously Free Software and other centers expressed interest in getting > a copy. > ... > In short, I see no need for software companies to keep exclusive rights > on their products; the support environment is big enough to offer good > business positions in Information Technologies. Those who want to be at > the top could use some of the revenue to pay for Free Software > development, thus gaining access to the best software before anyone else > and associating their name with software products. As a matter of fact, > this practice is already pursued by the big distributions. > > Εν ολίγοις τα χρήματα που κανονικά θα έδινε ένας οργανισμός για άδειες > χρήσης μπορεί να τα δώσει για υποστήριξη και παραμετροποίηση ενός free > προγράμματος. <SNIP> -- End of forwarded message -- -- Serafeim Zanikolas http://www.it.teithe.gr/~serzan/