In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> "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:
Alexander Terekhov wrote:
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> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
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> > 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.
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
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> 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. ^
> >
Rui writes:
> Software Patents count here -+
> So... how about *actual* devleopment?
Surely dredging through Free Software source looking for things they can
patent counts as "research" of a sort?
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Nice! I'd buy stock in Red Hat, if I could.
If you do, please share some of the wealth. :)
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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. ^
>
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 (-)
"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
[...]
> Dunno why I bother, but... RedHat does far more software development
> than Adobe. ^
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Eh?
http://news.com.com/Its+Adobes+game+to+lose,+CEO+says+-+page+2/2008-1012_3-6164519-2.html
Nobody has proven, that I am aware of, that you can go fully open-source
and make money in the long term. Red Hat is in the services business.
But we are not in the services business, we're
Here's a not entirely bad piece as of 2004.
http://www.ipi.org/ipi/IPIPublications.nsf/PublicationLookupFullText/F4992D9C7780355786256E49001E7595
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Has Open Source Reached Its Limits?
by Tony Healy on 04.03.2004
Is it possible that, despite all the hype, open source is not
necessarily the b
David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
> money with a long-term goal of building a sustainable business.
Signed,
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Renowned GNUtian dak -- loyal paying customer of FSF endorsed
Guh-NÜ-slash-Linux distro of Red Hat. No?
Uh retard.
http://news.com.com/Its+Ado
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 los
"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
If you were to think of making money writing free software apps
then would you be able to earn? Ok, lets assume I sell a copy to
you and you pay me. I assume or at least hope that someone else
will buy a copy from me in the future. But "you" can distribute the
copy to others free of
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
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