MISTICA: Re: Venezuela decretará uso Software Libre

From: Gerardo Díaz (gerardobdiaz_at_arnet.com.ar)
Date: Thu Oct 14 10:55:11 2004


>>They will co-exist, because they are not competing systems. Free
>>Software is simply what software was before proprietary licensing came
>>along, enforced by copyright. Proprietary software will be around as long
>>as people do not wish to find themselves accountable.
>
>Microsoft agree with me, that only one model will survive.
>This point is an economy issue. Two thing that do the same, one cheaper.

Both Microsoft and you are wrong then ;-)

I think that no one model will die so I agree with Taran on this issue.

The propietary market will continue to shrink for a while, but it will
survive in very profitable niches, together with complex, sofisticated,
specialized hardware.

Weapons, Energy, Biotech, Health, just to mention a few of these
`niches'. I'm in doubt in regard to Telecommunications, though.

>A lot of people dont care about politics, but we live in a world without
>slavery now (allmost). The world changes, even if a lot of people dont
>care.

Do you *really* think so? My eyes got wide open. :-)

Gerardo Díaz



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