On Saturday 23 February 2008, Per Jessen wrote: > Nathan Rixham wrote: > > Protecting source: I've got a very simple view point on this, I use > > linux servers, I can go into the source of everything on the entire > > machine and modify or copy it, > > How about Acrobat Reader or ATI graphics drivers? There's plenty of > closed source products about on Linux. > > > so why then should my application built using open source software, > > running on an open source platform, through an open source web server > > with an open source database behind it choose to use closed source? > > If you've got a competitive edge, you don't want to hand it to your > competition free of charge. It's as easy as that. > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich My competitive edge is my own skill and knowledge and time efficiency. I get paid quite well to give it away to my clients. -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
