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As far as I understand, corporation, and Govt's like commercial products
because of the issue of liability. That is why the Commercial
market and Govt market don't accept open source solutions.<br><br>
What is perplexing about the whole situation is that the licensing
agreements with commercial software 99.9% of the time indemnify the
vendor of any and all liability.<br><br>
So, what we have is the "feeling" of security... Perhaps
Linus should convince the various entities that distribute Linux to
include a nice fluffy security blanket with the licensing agreement
embroidered on it? That way the attorneys can get that "warm
fuzzy feeling" they so desire.<br><br>
I speak from much experience regarding this matter...<br>
The U.S. Govt won't accept an open-source solution even if it is the only
option to cover their ass. They'd rather leave their cheese out in
the wind than cover it with an open source solution.<br><br>
<b>Question:</b> Why isn't there a commercial solution available in some
cases?<br>
<b>Answer:</b> What company in their right mind would engineer a
competing product to a solution that costs $0.00 ???<br><br>
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At 05:59 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Jay Milk wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Why are you so angry?
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At the risk of throwing oil on the fire, I would submit that Benjamin was
*kidding* at the beginning of that mail, and trolling at the
end.<br><br>
I agree with him about the "quit anytime I want," but I
digress. . .<br><br>
It does appear his flamebait was eagerly pounced upon. Why would
the Window$ user$ mind the nose-tweaking? They've got 90%+ of the
market.<br><br>
B.<br>
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