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Date:      Thu, 05 Mar 1998 13:06:02 GMT
From:      jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To:        sos@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Donations.
Message-ID:  <3508a2bd.2314100@mail.cetlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803050739.IAA15827@sos.freebsd.dk>
References:  <199803050739.IAA15827@sos.freebsd.dk>

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On Thu, 5 Mar 1998 08:39:38 +0100 (MET), Søren Schmidt
<sos@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:

>> Think in terms of a $10,000,000 (or more) budget per year and you will
>> begin to see the light.
>
>That would be turning a volounteer project into a real business.

Yes, and that's the next natural step in the evolution of freed
software.  Netscape will be a good test.

>If you want a commercial BSD, go for BSDi....

Their business model is flawed.  They charge for every copy, they
charge extra for source, and they won't even give you *all* the
source.  That just won't fly in today's world of freed software

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