Am 23. Jan, 2004 schw=E4tzte Craig White so:
> I think that if you consider your earlier post about Mandrake 9.2 being
> impressive, you apparently aren't considering that this stuff isn't
> created in a vacuum. ALL distro's benefit from being able to examine the
> code of the other (YAST license notwithstanding) and incorporate some of
> the code into their project or distro. That is what the GPL (and many
> similar licenses are about). If a distro hasn't vastly improved their
> installation routines and packaging setup since the days of Red Hat 7.2
> (your last exposure), then they are likely to be gasping for survival.
This is an important point. I call it the commodization of code. At some
point some functionality becomes well known and well understood. At that
point it will likely become available in Free Software. Those companies
wanting to sell proprietary software generally need to stay ahead of the
commodization curve. The same as in any other industry.
Trying to sell last years transistor size in today's market? Nope. Not goin=
g
to do well.
Want to sell a new family car w/o abs or air bags?
In a couple of years you won't be able to sell family vans w/o tvs
everywhere.
Generally only monopolies can survive without keeping up. Free Software can
compete against monopolies :).
ciao,
der.hans
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