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The head of SAP defends the property-based approach to software development:
"Intellectual property [IP] socialism is the worst that can happen to any IP-based society," he said. "And we are an IP-based society. If there is no way to protect IP, there is no reason to invest in IP." Also:
Open source will fail to deliver innovation and is more likely to break applications, according to Shai Agassi, president of the product and technology group at SAP.
"We all talk about how great Linux is," he said at a speaking engagement at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley.
"But if you look at the most innovative desktop today, Microsoft's Vista is not copying Linux, it is copying Apple."
posted by James DeLong @ 8:18 AM | Software
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