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Erann Gat  
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 More options Nov 26 2002, 1:56 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
From: g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:09:53 -0800
Local: Tues, Nov 26 2002 12:09 am
Subject: Re: worse is worse (how to win, at last)

In article <3DE2D7B8.80...@quiotix.com>, Jeffrey Siegal <j...@quiotix.com> wrote:
> Erann Gat wrote:
> > Yeah, I thought about the free software model while I was writing that,
> > but I decided to stick with my claim.  Free software has had success only
> > in one very narrow market niche: software whose market is the people who
> > write software for the people who write software for people who write...

> I'm afraid I must disagree.  The market for internet infrastructure
> software, which is almost entirely dominated by free software is not
> people who write software.  And the bulk of the market for Linux at this
> point is not people who write software either, it is people who run servers.

OK, I concede the point.

E.


 
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