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Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary?
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mike3 |
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Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary? |
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Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:19:57 -0800 (PST) |
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On Dec 30, 5:34 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Tim Smith <reply_in_gr...@mouse-potato.com> writes:
> > In article <857iiwzdx1....@lola.goethe.zz>, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>
> > wrote:
> >> Because proprietariness turns reinvention of the wheel into a business
> >> model?
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> > Free software seems to do a hell of a lot of wheel reinvention, too.
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> But it is optional. And reinventing a wheel does not require you to
> reinvent the rest of the car.
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Whereas how is "Wheel reinvention" _required_ in the "proprietary"
business model, anyway?