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David Boles dgboles at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 15:17:35 UTC 2007


on 10/29/2007 11:09 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Frank Cox wrote:
> 
>>> If I depend on say "Oracle" and since Oracle is proprietary I should not run
>>> it on Linux?
>> You are taking a general statement and applying it to a very specific
>> circumstance.
>>
>> In the particular case cited, Linux may indeed be the answer you seek.
>> However, in general terms, the solutions that folks like Les are looking for
>> can be most easily found in places other than Linux.  Microsoft and Apple are
>> the two largest examples of such places.
> 
> Each of those introduce their own issues: OS X only runs on a limited 
> set of hardware and we all know about the problems with Microsoft. 
> However, in my opinion, the GPL, by preventing competitive combinations 
> of software components, has made more money for Microsoft than anything 
> Steve Balmer has ever said or done.


"the problems with Microsoft"? What would those be Les? List of problems
please.


-- 

  David

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