15 Jan
2004
15 Jan
'04
10:10 a.m.
On Wednesday 14 January 2004 23:44, Ted Harding wrote:
From debian-uk, food for thought?
MICROSOFT RESEARCH LECTURE This is a PUBLIC lecture ________________________________
TITLE: The Economics of Open Source Software - Prospects, Pitfalls and Politics
(big snip)
... The lower value-added potential and the reduced efficiency of coordination are weighty economic arguments. They demonstrate quite clearly that the promotion of open-source software cannot be an economically justifiable role for the state.
In the immortal words of Randy Mice-Davies: "They would say that, wouldn't they?"
-- GT