[Coco] OT: Vista and MS patent application, Linux

[Roger Taylor]

At 01:59 PM 2/4/2007, you wrote:

>Yeah, I totally agree with Gene here... But for more selfish reasons.
>*wink wink* I'd love to see a version of Portal-9 -or- Rainbow IDE for
>Linux. Open source would be nice as well, but I know you have a two-fold
>reason for creating these IDEs: the community, and money for those
>hosting bills. The last reason being enough to keep it closed source, I
>guess. Although, I'm pretty sure a donation button would help keep
>things going. I say this only because I've seen people around here pay
>out for your projects when you've asked for help, Roger.


My only request is that the open source world should leave the 
private source world alone, and vice-versa.  There's obviously a 
major difference, with both having their own place in the software market.

I think that many programmers are using free tools to create software 
that has a price tag, and there's programmers who use paid software 
to create free and open source software, so the two worlds compliment 
each other in a way.  Neither is going anywhere.  Neither will 
diminish.  People must make a living to eat and pay bills while some 
people have all this free time (I don't see how they do if they are a 
parent or have their own house and life duties), and if their talent 
is programming then I say Create what people need and want and when 
they just won't buy it anymore, it should be placed in the public 
domain or offered for free use, or even donated to an open source movement.


now some humor
Wanna make an open source junkie puke?  Show him the historic 
articles of the author of Apple Writer who was making over $7000 a 
day in ROYALTIES back in the 80's.  He was "fiercely independent" 
from what I read.  Isolated in a cabin in the hills; a cabin that HE 
built out of chopped trees, he alone crafted a masterpiece software 
title that people and schools flocked to buy.  Wierd story, but just 
another example of how one guy can create better than 30 if he puts 
his mind to it.

I personally think some open source projects should be semi-open, as 
in elite group development.  I wouldn't let anyone into the circle if 
his goal is to screw things up or slow down development.  One such 
title could very well crippled my software development efforts unless 
I learn a new language.  HLA 1.x is fine, but 2.x may become open 
source (or the STDLIB will).  People from all over the world use HLA 
and if it becomes an open source mess, I'll have to move to a 
commercial title that's proven stable to protect my own stability.  ;)




-- 
Roger Taylor