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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , JEDIDIAH wrote:   
      
   > On 2010-11-14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In message , JEDIDIAH wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> ...this all boils down to obscure niche apps that are Windows only.   
   >>   
   >> Small businesses come and go all the time. I think the opportunity is   
   >> with new startups, who haven’t locked themselves into a proprietary   
   >> platform, to adopt Free/Open Source software instead.   
   >   
   >     There is a lot of value in those specialty applications and a lot of   
   > domain expertise and automation embedded in them. Simply igoring them   
   > might not be a feasable option.   
      
   That’s the sunk-cost fallacy; just because all that effort has already been   
   expended, doesn’t automatically mean the result shouldn’t be thrown away.   
      
   If it were Open Source, or at least the data formats used were open, then   
   yes, something would be worth preserving. Otherwise, it’s just a hole down   
   which you keep throwing money.   
      
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