____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 21 April 2008 18:15 : \____
> On Apr 21, 7:45 am, Doug Mentohl <doug_ment...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Open Source software is raising havoc throughout the software market.
>> It is the ultimate in disruptive technology, and while to it is only
>> 6% of estimated trillion dollars IT budgeted annually, it represents a
>> real loss of $60 billion in annual revenues to software companies,"
>> said Jim Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group International, Boston,
>> MA"
>>
>> http://www.cnet.com/8301-13846_1-9920202-62.html
>
> Linux is costing Microsoft revenue. That's one software company. Off
> hand I don't see any others that are really losing much because of
> open source. In practical terms GIMP isn't taking much away from
> Adobe, although that could change.
>
> In an ideal world (one without monopoly lock-in), as OSS takes over
> commodity services (desktop, browsers, email, office etc) proprietary
> software could shift to specialty markets and products not easily
> duplicated in FOSS. It would be better for everyone (except
> monopolists), and there's plenty of business out there.
The Luddites portray cost-savings as a disaster. You ought to see the scarthing
piece (of s*) that MOG wrote about this.
You sometimes have to wonder what makes people so darn oppressive.
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