Clarification -- on this point I should have said "commercial *proprietary* software firms".... Carl Begin forwarded message: >> >> 2. The commercial firms would also make a shift to using more open >> source, more quickly. Existence they understand and they'll move >> when they see the train is leaving the station. This will >> ultimately benefit their customers, maybe not as much as the pure >> OSS adopters, but then we all know, the pure OSS option won't be >> for everyone. >>