Comments on: Google On Open Source http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/379 A blog about free access to ideas and information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Nicole C. Engard http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-7134 Nicole C. Engard Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:59 +0000 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/?p=379#comment-7134 I agree with you - I think I more liked what was said than who was saying it - like I said I think the way it's written can be translated into why open source is good for everyone :) I agree with you - I think I more liked what was said than who was saying it - like I said I think the way it’s written can be translated into why open source is good for everyone :)

]]> By: MJ Ray http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-7133 MJ Ray Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:43:53 +0000 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/?p=379#comment-7133 Sorry, I should have written "getting from it" not "making from it". Sorry, I should have written “getting from it” not “making from it”.

]]> By: MJ Ray http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/379/comment-page-1#comment-7132 MJ Ray Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:40:29 +0000 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/?p=379#comment-7132 I have a love-hate relationship with Google because they don't seem to give all that much back to free and open source software when you compare it $5bn-or-so per quarter that they're making from it. code.google.com? There are many other hosting services and some of them are run by non-profits who offer more support, so you can probably make a good estimate of how much it costs if you examine the accounts of one of the non-profits. How would you feel if someone took some of the fantastic free and open source software that LibLime has helped to develop, made lots and lots of money out of it and gave only a small fraction back to the original community? I reckon the post about that wouldn't get a smiley. I have a love-hate relationship with Google because they don’t seem to give all that much back to free and open source software when you compare it $5bn-or-so per quarter that they’re making from it. code.google.com? There are many other hosting services and some of them are run by non-profits who offer more support, so you can probably make a good estimate of how much it costs if you examine the accounts of one of the non-profits.

How would you feel if someone took some of the fantastic free and open source software that LibLime has helped to develop, made lots and lots of money out of it and gave only a small fraction back to the original community? I reckon the post about that wouldn’t get a smiley.

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