On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:09:22 +0000
Rainer Weikusat <rainerweikusat@???> wrote:

> Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> > www.infoworld.com/article/3032647/open-source-tools/face-it-theres-no-money-in-open-source.html
>
> Matt Asay is a professional 'open core' (formerly known as
> 'shareware') apologist who is always busy with pointing out that
> 'shareware' is really 'open source' as 'open source' doesn't exist
> (except as nefarious marketing ploy by anyone but 'shareware
> companies'). "Giving everything away for free" is obviously not a
> viable business model as there's no return but this ought to be too
> obvious for pointing it out that frequently. Considering this, his
> statements about companies which don't (or at least usually don't)
> sell 'code access rights' should be taken with a grain of salt.

Yes, but unless he's flat out lying about what the former Redhat CEO
said to him, Redhat is flat busted.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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