Lawrence Ricci

Maryland

Consultant

Bill is being very generous with Linux. Points he does not mention:
a) The messey, viral GPL, coupled with the penchent of the Linux community for 'shareing' makes it effectivly impossible to invest in IP on Linux and build a business.
b) The current pile of Linux code includes the fruit of perhaps five to ten billion dollars of investment from IBM and the .bomb investors looking for 'the next Microsoft'. This investment, largely, has stopped.
c) The concept of community code is completly contrary to ISO9002 or any sort of quality program.