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Originally Posted by RickS
Hey Joe (hmm... that's a catchy line!)
IMHO there is a place for FOSS and there is a place for commercial software. Both have value and neither is the solution for every problem.
FOSS excels at infrastructural applications and for applications that are interesting enough to attract and keep the attention of a significant developer community.
Commercial applications are likely to remain the only choice for more specialized applications and unusual requirements.
Software developers need to eat too, so there's always going to be a need to make money from software somehow...
Cheers,
Rick.
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That's a nice summary of my thoughts exactly Rick!
