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Developers Lose With Proprietary Software

Posted by michael on from the wah-wah-wah-waaaaaaaaaaah dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Appgen looked like a nice cross-platform accounting program independent software developers could use as a base for custom applications, and lots of them paid $2000 or more for the company's development kits. Then Appgen went out of business and left all those developers stranded. They can't even generate license keys, and their support has disappeared. Nobody knows who now owns Appgen's code, so it looks like all those developers and their clients are screwed. This couldn't happen if Appgen was Open Source. There's a strong lesson in this story for those who choose to listen." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

  2. yet another chance to 'see' the light? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/dst_index/page1.html

    be nice.

    the pateNTdead eyecon0meter is ringing off the h00k on this phonIE stock markup FraUD payper liesense nonsense.

  3. WHAT THE HELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can someone explain this guy's deal to me?

    1. Re:WHAT THE HELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      his tinfoil hat fell off.

    2. Re:WHAT THE HELL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      He writes/rights SUBliminal mesSAGEs so that everyONE may comPRehEND coporate (as in coporophite) PROpaganda.

  4. Re:michael again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lack of professionalism? you're new here, aren't you?

  5. IMPOSTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you are as transparent as a pane of glass

  6. Damn, at least have some pride in your work! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Dork.

    It's "Be EXCELLENT to each other."

    And you missed something twice as big as you can imagine.

  7. Re:... news at eleven. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The correct spelling is "apropos"; your grammar is nothing to be proud of either. When citing example or using quotes in the manner you did, it would be better to use a colon instead of a comma after "like". The last part of the sentence is very fragmented and run-on, it would have been more effective to formulate your thought better and create a new sentence.

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  8. it's moving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wonder what the 'red' zones mean? & i don't mean the red wons on yOUR stinking pateNTdead eyecon0meter either.

  9. SIR HAXALOT CERTAINLY DOES! AS DOES MICHAEL SIMMS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, a difficult challenge would be to figure out who loves cock up their ass more: Some wannabe-talented karma whore or the single worst editor in blogdom history. Oops, did I say 'editor'? I meant 'zealoutus idiot janitor'.

  10. it's moving? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gone back to g00se eggs, 'data gap' message. nothing but blue skies, from now on?

  11. Re:... news at eleven. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what about the term "butt-pirate"? It doesn't have anything to do with theft on the ocean, but it does involve semen stealing CmdrTaco's ass-cherry.

  12. Re:Oh fer fuck's sake... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is a difference between being 'controversial' and being a mindless zealot. Michael clearly falls into the latter.