Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ansley, Michael" <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za>
Cc: "'Don Baccus '" <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, "''PostgreSQL-development ' '" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Inprise/Borland releasing Interbase as Open source
Date: 2000-01-04 23:24:18
Message-ID: 200001042324.SAA29444@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Makes you wonder what people (companies) are spending their money on.
> My take on it is that commercial software licensing is, by and large, a
> hoax.
>
> MikeA

My guess is that in most organizations only a handful of people
understand the code. The rest do support/sales/marketing.

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