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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote:

> > 3. Red Hat employs many open source developers, many of whom work on
> > projects other than Linux (postgresql, for example).
> 
> I don't think this argument applies. It's a bit like saying that Bill Gates
> getting richer and richer is good, since he gives a third of his fortune to
> charity.

Then your alternative is to pay the developers directly instead.

Do you use gcc?

 Jeremy C. Reed

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