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Last paragraphLast paragraphPosted Oct 22, 2004 16:18 UTC (Fri) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)In reply to: Last paragraph by dmarti Parent article: Why open source is unsustainable (Financial Times)
Well, there's his problem right there. He's assuming free software is a business, since in his worldview, business is all that matters--individuals, creativity and doing things for the fun of it are things to be exploited in the pursuit of the one true god, Profit. So people freely giving others the fruit of their labor since it doesn't cost them anything (or very little) to make a copy, makes no sense to him. Some people can't grasp the fact that greed is not the only strong motivator in the world.
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Last paragraph Posted Oct 22, 2004 22:57 UTC (Fri) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270) [Link] Um, the article is about whether building open-source software is a viable business model. He's not assuming it's a business, he's saying that he doesn't think building a business on that model is viable.
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