Don Geddis <don@geddis.org> wrote:
+---------------
| . You've proposed that somebody (unknown, rich), "buy out" one
|   of the commercial implementations, and make it open source.
...
| . You've proposed -- but not explained even a little bit --
|   that ... everybody would make it back on the "verticals".
+---------------

Hmmm... Where have I heard this business plan before? Oh, right...

To slightly tweak the flip chart from one of
the most famous episodes of South Park:

    Step #1: Steal a commercial CL.

    Step #2: ???

    Step #3: Profits.

One might be safer investing in the underpants gnomes...  ;-}  ;-}


-Rob

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