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- Why don't more proprietary software vendors use a common license? The proprietary EULAs mostly say the same things -- couldn't the BSA or somebody issue a standard one?
- Twitter as we know it was built for about $15-20 million. Google lasted almost a year on $100,000 before taking over the world with $25 million of investor money. This is highway robbery, you could...
- I think the news people are in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" bind over Google's indexing and summarizing of their work. Allowing it to be indexed gets them a little...
- I'm a software engineer who has built web applications for Office Depot, Target, AIG (no I'm not proud of it) and many others. J. Stephens apparently has not worked in the private sector....
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1 year ago
Lobbying governments to accept EULAs instead of insisting on broader rights to the software they use is like lobbying them to accept Rent-A-Center contracts in place of the competitive bidding process. Why should governments, as large software buyers, not use their negotiating power to cut their taxpayers' software costs in the long term?
1 year ago
1 year ago
Why isn't "based on open standards" an appropriate feature for governments to look for? Open standards have clear advantages above and beyond any cost savings.