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From: Roberto Peon <robertopeon@sportvision.com>
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To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:30:44 -0700
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On Tuesday 08 October 2002 11:32 am, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Roberto Peon wrote:
> > Good thing Linus was attached to the "Its amazing what you can do when
> > you don't know you can't do it" philosophy instead of the "If it could
> > have been done, it would have been done" POS philosophy.
>
> It all depends on how much risk you want to take and how
> much you have to lose.
>
> If all you can lose is some of your own time and energy
> there's nothing wrong with attempting something where
> everybody else has failed over the last 15 years.
>
> On the other hand, I wouldn't take that risk if I were
> running a business and had to make money to live...

I agree with this. The only thing I was disagreed with was your statement 
which basically came down to:
If it could have been done, it would have been done.

Hell, the risks of starting up an open-source/service based company *are* 
high, which is precisely why I won't try to start one up anytime in the 
immediate future.

-Roberto JP
robertopeon@sportvision.com
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