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Date: 1999-09-19 19:03:38

Comment:

Considering that the problem exists outside of the united states, its fair to say that its a completely different issue than an american teenager pirating a particular piece of software.


US would have to find some way to control/regulate outside of our shores. This is either far off in the future, or very nearly going to elevate us to an even more despised position in the world.


Facts must be faced. The software industry has been a service industry in the guise of manufacturing. Its not the ideas that will be sold anymore, it will be the support. Look at redhat. Their software is free, yet they are making a killing (heh) selling a service.


All these whiny software engineers need to stop hording their work and start investing time in the service side. Think of how much ass kicking stuff we would be able to use if more source code was shared.