What this article is really saying is that Larry does not have the imagination to create a business model through which he and his business can make a profit from OSS. Somehow he thinks this makes the whole concept flawed. I think he has become entrenched in an outdated reality. Rather than looking at the Open Source trend and trying to build a wildly successful business model around it, he is clinging to a traditional commercial software development model and claiming the emerging trend is unsustainable. Maybe the RIAA needs another yes man.
Since I don't have an mod points today, this is as close as I can get to saying, "Great job!" This post was very informative. I wish I could give this guy a 6.
>children are people and have rights to privacy too.
I certainly do not like it when I perceive that my privacy has been violated, but is it a right? Is it even beneficial?
There is also a question in my mind as to where one draws the line between the supposed rights of children and society's desire to see these children made into contributing members of said society. I don't propose to answer that question myself. My guess is that this is much like medicine -- there is no one cure that works equally well for all people, all societies, or all families.
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What this article is really saying is that Larry does not have the imagination to create a business model through which he and his business can make a profit from OSS. Somehow he thinks this makes the whole concept flawed. I think he has become entrenched in an outdated reality. Rather than looking at the Open Source trend and trying to build a wildly successful business model around it, he is clinging to a traditional commercial software development model and claiming the emerging trend is unsustainable. Maybe the RIAA needs another yes man.
Since I don't have an mod points today, this is as close as I can get to saying, "Great job!" This post was very informative. I wish I could give this guy a 6.
>children are people and have rights to privacy too.
I certainly do not like it when I perceive that my privacy has been violated, but is it a right? Is it even beneficial?
There is also a question in my mind as to where one draws the line between the supposed rights of children and society's desire to see these children made into contributing members of said society. I don't propose to answer that question myself. My guess is that this is much like medicine -- there is no one cure that works equally well for all people, all societies, or all families.