Skeleton in Linux closet?

[Frank Wiles]

 .------[ Bradley Miller wrote (2000/03/21 at 22:12:49) ]------
 | 
 |  At 07:13 PM 3/21/00 -0600, you wrote:
 |  >The author of this article has no understanding of the
 |  >open source movement or of linux.
 |  
 |  Yes, I agree to a certain point . . . but the point of the article was to
 |  say that WallStreet is having second thoughts about it and when they do the
 |  vehicle for getting the software to the masses is in jeprody.   Yes, Linux
 |  is free . . . but who is going to pony up the $$ for ads to run against
 |  Microsoft.   They ain't gonna switch just because it's here folks.   If
 |  people (IT people) see no money being invested they'll wonder why and then
 |  turn tails on it.   If XYZ product was vastly superior but didn't have any
 |  money to advertise even . . . would you want to place a lot of faith in it?
 |  
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    I suggest that reading:
    http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/magic-cauldron.html

    As well as all of Eric S. Raymond's other writings, he gives many of
    the economic reasons why free software has just as much chance as
    closed source software. 

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  Frank Wiles <frank at wiles.org>
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