On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Stephen Smith wrote: > I couldn't have said it better! Look at what the prices are for M$ > software adn you don't see people running around complaining - they just > go to the store and buy it! Damn! The OS is free whatelse do you want?
i've felt this way for a while. this attitude that, if you use linux, everything should be open source and free is a good way to drive away potential application developers. if they figure no one's willing to shell out some cash for a good app, why would they want to get involved? there are some companies that seem to be doing nicely with a commercial business model, selling apps fairly inexpensively: 1) www.codeweavers.com (crossover office) 2) www.thekompany.com (embedded apps for PDAs) 3) www.operasoftware.com (opera browser) and so on. the trick seems to be, don't be greedy. write a good app or 12, sell them cheap, and make a comfortable living. rday -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies Unix, Linux and Open Source training Waterloo, Ontario www.enoriver.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
