<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>>I think that many authors of software libraries - programmers -<BR>>understand how they can make more money with free software than with<BR>>proprietary software, which is why so much free software library code<BR>>exists. This is less true of applications programmers, and even less<BR>>true of type designers.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>^^^^^^^^^</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For many software authors, yes, they can make more with open source, but for MOST authors of software libraries, that is simply false. Programmers understand that releasing their software libraries as proprietary will make more money in the long run.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>