Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 04:36:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 04:36:19 -0500 Received: from orange.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.77]:6060 "EHLO orange.csi.cam.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 16 Feb 2001 04:36:11 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:36:10 +0000 (GMT) From: James Sutherland To: Helge Hafting cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation... In-Reply-To: <3A8CF261.59FAC3E5@idb.hist.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Helge Hafting wrote: > They are wrong about linux stifling innovation, there is plenty of > innovation in linux itself. Indeed. If Linux did nothing new, what do they have to fear?! > On the other hand: > ''I can't imagine something that could be worse than this > for the software business and the intellectual-property business.'' Linux IS (part of) the software business, though! That's like saying Walmart is bad for shops - it is bad for OTHER, COMPETING shops. > Sure. Linux *is* bad for the IP business. Open source outcompetes it! Eh? Linux IS intellectual property! OK, those in the OSS community are rather less litigious AFAICS, which is bad for IP *lawyers* - in much the same way antibiotics are "bad" for diseases... > I see no problem with that though. And those who want to get > paid for computing work? No problem. There is always support. Hrm. Getting paid to write code is preferable, IMHO... James. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/