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[News] How the Market Fails to Understand Free Software

  • Subject: [News] How the Market Fails to Understand Free Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:38:32 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Blindly applying proprietary metrics to open source

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| I am constantly amused at how people try to apply the metrics of proprietary 
| software to open source. 
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1221

Server market share is still measured in terms of revenue even though Linux is
far cheaper and it can be deployed without an acquisition.

The ascent of software

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| So the next time you hear someone referring to open source as communist, or 
| un-American, it's worth remembering that the spirit of sharing information 
| with others for the greater good is one of the things the country was built 
| upon.   
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/07/the_ascent_of_s.html

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