Why Intuit should have an Open Source version of QuickBooks...

[Wei Zhang]

> I think he meant that having a GPL'd version would allow the company to
> develop the product feature-set better than the company could do on it's
> own, giving pause to competitors who would need even larger resources to
> compete.

Thank you for the clarification.  That makes sense.

> Still, the dual-license business model of a MySQL, AB may not
> be appropriate for a tax and accounting packaged software vendor.

Reasons?

I'm totally green on these business models, so please forgive
my ignorance and curiosity.