Re: [tlug] Windows Is Free - article now public on tlug.jp: Helping Apache

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

jep200404 writes:

 > For now, read and weep: 

I have no tears to shed for Apache.

Apache is not only soi-disant "free software", it's genuinely Free
software.  Even Microsoft can use Apache code without fear of legal
AIDS, no need for clean-room reimplementation, etc, etc.  It's not
surprising that Microsoft can catch up.  Cf. GM vs. Toyota; Toyota had
a much longer row to hoe.

It's actually more surprising that Apache can maintain as great a
share of sites that otherwise run commercial software as it does.  I
think we should be proud of a 48% market share, regardless of the past.