All these licenses and business models

[David]

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 15:18, DeBug wrote:
> D> In my opinion Open Source is great for development security etc.
> I think the main point developers should make customers aware of is
> that free software projects protect future spendings of the customers
> Customers will not have to pay for each new upgrade. They will only
> pay for features they really need and at the same time can enjoy all
> other features (those that were important to other customers)
> 
>point well made and received - thanks

Although having seen many small developers 'going to the wall' with good
products the ability to retain  and develop code is a major advantage to
the customers and also to developers of the original system. Maybe a
company srews up it model and crashes. Another entity (maybe even the
developers) can pick up the ball and contunie running giving customers
longevity of their purchases.

Regards 
David
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