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I did not downvote you, but I think the others may be downvoting you because there simply isn't F/OSS software available for many things - including, I believe,

• jimktrains2 10y ago
  They could have commissioned it. How much was this ruling and how much were the licenses they did pay for? We're starting to get to the point where it isn't necessarily cheaper to purchase. The Navy also has quite a bit of clout; they got this vendor to remove DRM. If the government insisted on F/OSS, there would be vendors waiting to write and support it.
• mcbits 10y ago
  If the lawsuit actually ends up costing billions or hundreds of millions, they could have funded an open VR project on a scale larger than all of Ubuntu instead.
  • tener 10y ago
    I doubt their plan was to get sued.
    • mcbits 10y ago
      No, but they were probably planning (originally) to license the software. Maybe not at the full $1,000 retail or for 550,000+ computers... I wonder how the software would compare to the commercial offering if they had hired 100 independent contractors at $150k to develop it in the open. Incidentally, it looks like development was funded in part by the German government, but I can't find anything to indicate how much. http://www.bitmanagement.com/en/press/2013/bsstudio http://www.bitmanagement.com/en/press/2013/bsstudio