Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945912AbWBCT1x (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:27:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030225AbWBCT1x (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:27:53 -0500 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:43281 "EHLO firewall2.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030223AbWBCT1w (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:27:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:27:30 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Davidsen Reply-To: davidsen@tmr.com To: Joerg Schilling cc: jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de, , , , Subject: Re: CD writing in future Linux try #2 In-Reply-To: <43E3536B.nail5CA82F9RH@burner> 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 Content-Length: 1178 Lines: 29 On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > Free, but not open source, and that's an issue with a mission critical > > application. For home use it doesn't matter, for business use it really > > Since when is mission critical requiring OpenSource? Clearly mission critical software should be available long term. Open source is one way to provide that, as is buying from a solid company. But if you were hit by a bus, who would maintain ProDVD? Not having a clear answer I would assume "no one." Open source isn't a requirement, some viable plan other than "migrate to something else" is. If good size companies are willing to put their code in escrow to release if the company is no longer supporting for some reason, it's a viable business concern. -- bill davidsen CTO TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979 - 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/