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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 13 September 2006 07:10 \__
>
>> Geico Caveman wrote:
>>> DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know John Bailo does. Rex Ballard. Ian Hilliard. Thad. Linonut.
>>>> [H]omer. Peter Jensen. Ghost.
>>
>> I am not a (professional) developer; I /was/ a consultant, and the
>> solutions I provided were not developed by me; I merely implemented them.
>>
>> The vast majority of those solutions involved the deployment of Open
>> Source Software (e.g. LAMP), and the few proprietary solutions were
>> usually custom designed for vertical integration, and never resold.
>>
>> I advocate Open Source because I have the benefit of years of
>> experience, witnessing first hand the vast difference the implementation
>> of FOSS has, on the productivity and profitability of any company, or
>> individual, who adopts it. Unlike those who advocate proprietary
>> software, because they're being paid to do so.
>>
>>>> Is there ANYBODY here that both advocates and develops only open source?
>>
>>> I, among others.
>>
>> What little /development/ I *have* done, has *always* been FOSS.
>
> All my work is (always been) GPL'd. And its has financial backing.
I used to write code for internal use, but that was long ago, about the
time when the whole thing was starting off. My final-year project
probably predated everything!
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