Personaly I think that Apple's responce to OSS is the best ever. Flame me or not, but Apple is just a proprietary minded as M$, perhaps more, but they still have found a way to access the OSS community, without comprimising thier business model.
If you have been to europe you know that mercedes DOES sell cheap cars. They are like euorpean Fords. You see Mercedes busses, tractors, compacts, everything. They are so common that thats what people think of when they see the symbol, and they can't sell as many sports cars or SUV's. So they export all the high end cars here, where we buy them.
Point is, I agree that this is a smart Google move. You separate the market, and give people in both places the things that they want. That's why you are never going to see an ad banner on google trying to get the average surfer to buy their $20 engine
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Personaly I think that Apple's responce to OSS is the best ever. Flame me or not, but Apple is just a proprietary minded as M$, perhaps more, but they still have found a way to access the OSS community, without comprimising thier business model.
If you have been to europe you know that mercedes DOES sell cheap cars. They are like euorpean Fords. You see Mercedes busses, tractors, compacts, everything. They are so common that thats what people think of when they see the symbol, and they can't sell as many sports cars or SUV's. So they export all the high end cars here, where we buy them.
Point is, I agree that this is a smart Google move. You separate the market, and give people in both places the things that they want. That's why you are never going to see an ad banner on google trying to get the average surfer to buy their $20 engine