From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Fri Dec 28 2007 - 17:23:54 EST
=================== Addressing another issue (to all who have written in this thread): Couldn't (wouldn't?) new breakthroughs in *proprietary* software systems potentially render Open Source obsolete? ========================== Doubt it, the breakthroughs would all be replicable by equally skilled programmers working in the open source movement. ==================================== And, on a related theme, couldn't hardware manfacturers (who have formed associations with software developers) configure systems so that they couldn't run Open Source? =================================== Well Microsoft attempted to do just that with the Xbox, but hackers soon found a way to run Linux on it. Other manufacturers would not have the interest to do so, since it would lead to lost sales. In solidarity, Jerry
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