The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread deostroll
I was trying to think of a business that respects this philosophy, but I feel it is not practical. Before I go further I want to openly declare that I am not against the philosophy; I support it. But for a moment think of proprietary way of life. Most of you (i.e. gnu advocates, including me - to

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Take a look at RedHat IPO scam money aside for a moment, let's see... 1997: net loss1318 (-) 1998: net loss3738 (-) 1999: net loss6388 (-) 2000: net loss 43053 (-) 2001: net loss 86773 (-) 2002: net loss 139949 (-) 2003: net loss6734

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread David Kastrup
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Take a look at RedHat IPO scam money aside for a moment, let's see... 1997: net loss1318 (-) 1998: net loss3738 (-) 1999: net loss6388 (-) 2000: net loss 43053 (-) 2001: net loss 86773 (-)

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development than Adobe. ^ | Eh? |

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sex, 2007-04-27 às 14:44 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Take a look at RedHat IPO scam money aside for a moment, let's see... 1997: net loss1318 (-) 1998: net loss3738 (-) 1999: net loss6388 (-) 2000: net loss 43053 (-) 2001: net

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Sex, 2007-04-27 às 17:21 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development than Adobe. ^ |

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Sex, 2007-04-27 Ã s 17:21 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development than Adobe. ^

Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?

2007-04-27 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Alexander Terekhov wrote: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: Sex, 2007-04-27 Ã s 17:21 +0200, Alexander Terekhov escreveu: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: [...] Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development than Adobe.