Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 25, 2002 05:01 PM
Ask HP and Redhat. Giving away the basic tools for free, then charging for consultancy, training and support is exactly how open source is meant to work. Not to mention selling some boxes in HPs case.
Sure you won't make shedloads of money. You have to keep doing new stuff to keep the revenue stream running.
Nobody says the PC hardware industry is failing because there are a large numbers of suppliers selling at small margins. Tough for them, good for the rest of us. Why shouldn't it be that way for the software too?
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Re:A major milestone for open source?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 25, 2002 05:01 PMSure you won't make shedloads of money. You have to keep doing new stuff to keep the revenue stream running.
Nobody says the PC hardware industry is failing because there are a large numbers of suppliers selling at small margins. Tough for them, good for the rest of us. Why shouldn't it be that way for the software too?
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