Re: [ossig] Great Ball interview ... should be in our OSS 'war chest'

[Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Seah Hong Yee wrote:

> application on postgresql/php/python/java etc, wouldn't he be able to
> charge more? since he would be the one who help rolling out not only the
> application he wrote but also intergrating a suite of backend and

absolutely. i believe maddog gave a good example. you can sell more
services if the underlying software cost is minimal. customers have fixed
budgets, and the more you have to pay out to a third party means less for
you to keep.

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