RE: [cobalt-users] Chilisoft ASP

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:38 PM 2/3/00  Lyle Scheer wrote:

> How can third parties that aren't really interested in
> developing their solution commercially but have useful applications have
> their code available on Cobalt products?

When people like us, the users, compile a working open-source solution on 
the RaQ or Qube, then prepare a package (or even an RPM) that'll work on 
RaQs and Qubes, then and only then, will the solution be available.

There are exceptions, of course; the secure webserver comes to mind.  But 
very few.

And frankly, even if the program is open source, if I do the work, I have 
no trouble selling it.  The open source model requires only that I give 
away the source code.  Okay; the source code is already given away.  No big 
deal.

But if I make a pkg or an RPM, I can sell it.

Jeff
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