"People aren't as dumb as Microsoft needs them to be." -- PJ, Groklaw
Q: You say that "you can bet your business on Free Software"; how
do you back up that statement?
A: How can you bet your business on proprietary software? If a
company is bought, goes bankrupt or merges or decides to delete a
product line you have no choice but to go with whatever product or
path they desire. How can you plan when the company keeps changing its
licensing terms, and you have no real alternatives? What do you do
when the company that makes your software puts its own profits and its
values ahead of yours, the customer? When the software company holds
back on releasing the latest bug fix so it fits its "release
schedule?" When you can't get that one little feature added that would
allow you to streamline your business, save a lot of money and beat
your competition to market?
What happens if that company (no matter where it is) is embargoed?
Jon "Maddog" Hall,
President, Linux International,
ComputerWorld interview
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