[Biodevelopers] question on the business side of development

[Ognen Duzlevski]

On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 22:52, Joe Landman wrote:
>   So I am asking this question in hope of some sort of discussion of the
> pros and cons of the open source software in informatics may emerge. 
> Some people are virulently one way or the other.  I always prefer to
> have source if available myself. This allows me to fix bugs.  
> 
>   The problem as I see it is from a corporate viewpoint, I cannot point
> to a single successful open source focussed software house in any market
> (note: RedHat is a services company that happens to have the standard
> linux distribution).  I know the folks at Electric Genetics are making a
> run at it, and I wish them success.  But history seems to indicate that
> this model doesnt work.  Or it could be that different models dont work,
> and Electric Genetics have a sensible model.  I dont know.  I would like
> to hear people's opinions of this.
> 
>   Joe

If I never had the clustalw source available I would have never made its
multithreaded version available for free either. I am no researcher in
the field but to me as a programmer these tools are that - tools, and
they should be there at no cost so that people can focus on the real
stuff - figuring out what that little piece of information means and
does.

Ognen