XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2010-11-15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
       This is simply an issue of practical necessity and being faced with   
   many competitors that don't care for your political rhetoric. Most people   
   and businesses simply can't choose to play the role of RMS.   
      
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