Re: What would happen if...

On Jun 11, 3:49 pm, "JShra...@xxxxxxxxx" <JShra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What is their cost to open source their product?

I don't know, they haven't replied to my post yet.

That was a rhetorical question. If they own all the rights to their
product (which is likely to be true to first order) then their cost is
close to zero. In particular it is enormously less than the cost of
buying the company in order to give away its product.

Why have they not done so?

I don't know,

Well, that's a question that you need to answer.


I mean, it's not as if this idea is some weird
thing any more: look at Sun, say.

Yes, look at Sun, say. It sounds like you're supporting my position.

Sigh. No, I'm trying to point out that the Lisp companies are not
living inside a chamber sealed off from all outside contact in 1990
and are therefore probably aware that open sourcing their product is
an option. (I wasn't thinking of Java but Solaris, but Java will do.)
So it behooves you to try and explain why they have not taken this
option ("they are all stupid" is not a very good answer).

I'm kind of worried that you seem to have magnificently missed my
points in both my previous articles: perhaps it's because I'm
English. In any case, I'll leave it for others to continue: as I said
this has been gone over many times before in cll and I doubt there is
anything new to say.

--tim

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