English usage

English usage

Posted Jun 7, 2007 0:05 UTC (Thu) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: DreamWorks Animation 'Shrek the Third': Linux Feeds an Ogre (Linux Journal) by Zenith
Parent article: DreamWorks Animation 'Shrek the Third': Linux Feeds an Ogre (Linux Journal)

No, no, you're both entirely correct. The advantage the DreamWorks guy is
pleased to have is the advantage of complete freedom to define how his
software works. Which is not typically an advantage of proprietary
software you buy from somewhere *else*. It's something you get by
developing your code in-house and not supporting other users, which is
equally "proprietary".

Of course, DreamWorks gets this advantage as much by building on Free
Software components as it does through "NIH syndrome". It's a bit weird
that the guy uses this word in that context -- "in-house" would have been
the more appropriate term.

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