Hans Schneidhofer wrote:
> why do you have reservations for such dates ? As long as such programs are
> usefull, you can use it. And if 12. 31 is coming in your near environment, and
> there is no comparable application, and - maybe, the price is not too bad -
> hmm, you can buy it or leave it. So you have your time to decide, is it the
> worth for you or not.
The point is that Linux and its applications are traditionally
products using the GPL or LGPL under the auspices of the Free
Software Foundation, and that is the implicit assumption for anything
Linux.
While commercial Linux applications are perfectly possible,
discussion of them here, unless their commercial nature is made plain
up front, will lead people to assume they are also available under
the GPL licensing scheme.
For a commercial product such as IBM's TopPage, the value to a
prospective purchaser is a function of many things, including its
ability to more than pay for itself (say > 10 times) by generating
new revenue to the purchaser. Unless he can be firmly assured of
that he will not buy - how then is his expenditure of time until 2000
12 31 to be brought to account?
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
