Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Jan 31, 2007, at 5:15 PM, Colin Brace wrote:
>
> > [In an earlier thread Doug questioned the economic viability of the
> > open-source model. The mySQL database is ubiquitous; anyone can
> > download and install it from numerous repositories, no strings
> > attached. Yet the Swedish company has on the order of 10,000 paying
> > customers.]
I don't see what's special about "open source." The internal combustion engine is open source and a lot of money has been made on it.
Carrol
>
> Web 2.0 has come with Bubble 2.0. It's a lot less dramatic than the
> first, but no one still has any damned idea how YouTube is going to
> make a buck.
>
> Doug
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