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 -- Browser war over, Mozilla now free. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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