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

Roger Taylor operator at coco3.com
Mon Feb 5 18:38:24 EST 2007


At 07:13 AM 2/5/2007, you wrote:

>Ironically, this is how greater than 90 percent of software is developed.
>"Shrink-wrap" software companies are the exception, not the rule -- and most
>programmers wouldn't even notice the difference between coding for a Microsoft
>and coding for a Red Hat (except the guy at Red Hat might become more famous,
>which in turn gives him greater job security).


90% of software is not developed through Open Source.  Private teams 
and software companies might have open-to-employee source code, but 
that's not what we're on the topic of.  :)



-- 
Roger Taylor





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