On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:23:51 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:

>Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Indeed... Same question here. I use OpenOffice.org to (almost) full 
>> satisfaction, and without feeling guilty towards MS... ;-)
>
>It usually confuses matters to try to analyze "real" open source software 
>(like the Linux kernel) with software that was created and given away as a 
>competitive advantage to the creators. Some "open" software was originally 
>created by a hardware company who wanted good software for their hardware 
>that would compete with the software available for other hardware. Giving 
>away the software made their hardware (where they made their actual money) 
>more attractive.

Some capitalists are sneaky :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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