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loss leader?

loss leader?

Posted Jan 14, 2005 8:24 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: loss leader? by ccyoung
Parent article: Quasar Accounting under the GPL

Even if it's so - it's two-edged sword: such a move will quite severely limit their ability to abuse paying customers.

Any free software needs initial "seed" - minimal yet functional version. GPL version if functional can easily act like such a seed. So it makes much harder for them to abuse users in the future - even if it's marketing ploy it gives users real benefits so why it's a bad thing ?


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