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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Re: [NOVICE] next steps
From:       Bruce Momjian <maillist () candle ! pha ! pa ! us>
Date:       1999-10-31 13:16:54
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, amy cheng wrote:
> 
> > I'm considering to persuade my boss in making the scheduler project I'm 
> > doing as a GPL, just like the accounting one. any ideas?
> 
> Well, I'm not sure what sort of ideas you are looking for --- if you
> need ammunition to convince your boss you could use my arguments to
> my boss:
> 
> 1)  Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity...
>     (Paraphrase of Richard Stallman)

Huh?

> 
> 2)  There is money in personalised tech support contracts - which is
>     a legitimate activity!  ;-)
> 
> 3)  Giving away code on the web is a hook that oftens catches customers
>     for other goods and services.  Goodwill does help businesses grow...

Very true.  That is how a good company becomes a great company.  You
can't put a price on goodwill, but it can save your business.


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