tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18548663.post8153694892962846560..comments2008-11-20T13:54:49.378+01:00Josehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04865323062586419700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18548663.post-85961730135614005982008-11-20T13:54:00.000+01:002008-11-20T13:54:00.000+01:00Well, If propietary software funds are cut, who is going to pay the bills of the open-source developers?<BR/><BR/>A lot of the OSS developers, say Mono, actually work for somebody else.<BR/><BR/>OSS Foundations? Do they charge for their software? Who will fund the foundations?<BR/><BR/>What about if Novell fired the Mono developers? Would they look for jobs to pay the bills or continue coding for free? Foreclosure anyone?<BR/><BR/>Could any of these guys continue put as much time into Mono as they are putting now?<BR/><BR/>Propietary software has endured more than Open Source software just because is an older model.<BR/><BR/>The only point that was raised was that the current state of affairs is a good test for OSS endurance and adaptation.<BR/><BR/>I actually use it and collaborated once.Josehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04865323062586419700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18548663.post-45448791269867543592008-11-15T00:55:00.000+01:002008-11-15T00:55:00.000+01:00I think it's the other way around man. When recession happens, every company wants to cut funds for software, so it's proprietary software the one that suffers.knoctehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00267496347097861887noreply@blogger.com