Hi Siddesh,
Quoting Siddhesh Poyarekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On 8/31/06, jtd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Besides he very convienetly forgets the value of everbody else's
contribution - ideas, code, debugging, publicity.
I think he's complaining that FOSS essentially attacks the idea of
software as a *product* which can be sold like a tangible product such
as a car, stereo, etc. Businesses thriving on FOSS (Trolltech, RH,
Suse, Novell, etc) essentially give away the product for free and
charge for the service.
Trolltech ==> charges Fee for using their QT library in your code.
RH ==> Enterprise Linux is not for free.
SuSE ==> Enterprise Linux is not for free.
Novell ==> Groupware, etc etc are not for free.
So point being they still sell software as product and also charge
hefty fee for support, Just that their licensing terms are relaxed.
(Similar to Microsoft or any other proprietory vendor does)
I dont find any special difference between the vendors that you
suggested as against proprietary software vendors.
Thanks & Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder & CEO,
Enterux Solutions,
The Enterprise Linux Company (TM),
www.enterux.com
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