Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 28, 2003 09:59 PM
Please, who can earn money off Linux? RedHat certainly cannot, the only reason they are still in Business is because of the interest they get from their invested IPO monies. SuSE in Germany is not earning anything either, all important Managment positions have been replaced with ex-IBM managers, guess who is paying their bills. The only one earning on Linux are the IHV's like IBM and Co. If any of you remember, these were the big bad guys for all of the Linux-junkies out there before SCO stepped up.
When this thing is over and it is decided that IP rights can be protected and you can win against the Linux community many other companies will step forward to collect from Linux as well. OpenSource is really good but not for business. I for one want to make money with my operation here in Germany and Linux is not helping matters. Every ISV is expected to give special prices on their SW if this is to run on Linux, but the porting work is just the same as for the other Unix OSes. I have had enough of the "SW for free" mind set at the customer site.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 28, 2003 09:59 PMWhen this thing is over and it is decided that IP rights can be protected and you can win against the Linux community many other companies will step forward to collect from Linux as well. OpenSource is really good but not for business. I for one want to make money with my operation here in Germany and Linux is not helping matters. Every ISV is expected to give special prices on their SW if this is to run on Linux, but the porting work is just the same as for the other Unix OSes.
I have had enough of the "SW for free" mind set at the customer site.
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