Re: Open Source
You should watch it, I thought it was insightful, and somewhat confirmed some of
my own beliefs about opensource software.
MS won't go open source with Office, because it doesn't fit in their business
model and because it really doesn't matter. Office is one of their core assets.
At the end of the day, everyone has to make money or we would have no software.
Successful opensource projects make money in different ways than by protecting
their intellectual property. Such as by providing paid support, a la RedHat.
Interestingly, MS offers some 'shared source' licenses for developers to use.
They got their team of lawyers to draw up a set of simple and concise eula's that
try to allow the developers to maintain control of their code.
I've had a look at them and I think they are quite good. Worth considering at
least.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/licensingbasics/sharedsourcelicenses.mspx
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