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What I want to know is: where are all the proprietory software Buddhists. On 25/04/07, Seth Gordon <sethg at ropine.com> wrote: > David Kramer wrote: > > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000842.html > > > > If Open Source software is free, then why bother spending money on > > Microsoft Partner stuff? I already know what Microsoft's detractors will > > say: "There's no reason whatsoever. $40 billion per year is totally wasted." > > > > "This, however is not a very satisfying answer, simply because it > > doesn't quite ring true. Otherwise there'd be a lot more famous Open > > Source billionaires out there, being written up in Forbes Magazine or > > wherever. And Bill Gates would've been ousted years ago. " > > > > Giles Bowkett said it better than I could: > > http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2007/04/economics-101-for-web-20.html > > Jeff's post is a good post, and he provides a much calmer and nicer > answer than I'm about to, but I don't have his vast reserves of > patience. That is the _stupidest question_ in the *world*. Where are all > the _air_ billionaires? Where are all the _gravity_ billionaires? What > about the _light_ billionaires? Huh? Huh? Where are they? Tell me! If > light is so damn useful, why hasn't anyone been able to _license the > sun?_ *It must not be worth anything!* > > Wow. Good point there, Einstein. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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