I am still a bit confused with the whole point of this discussion. We all
want serious business to be done with Linux. Is it only that organisations
are only expected to USE Linux and rather not make any money out of it?
It is ok, if consultants charge money for linux advice, companies charge
money for letting others access their Web/Mail/ servers running Linux etc.
if ISP's make money selling their service based on Linux. Aren't this all
commercial services based on Linux?
By that logic isn't distribution/redistribution again a service? So what if
packaging is done to distribute it better.
What about companies like IBM, SGI which sell 'total Linux' systems and
make money based on it?
Or is it something else? Is it that people don't want such companies(like
RedHat) to grow too rich, or maybe too influential to change the direction
of the Linux movement.
Sometimes I suspect that half the anger against even M$ is because it has
been too successful(atleast in the get rich part...see? even I keep falling
in the trap ;)
If we seriously want Linux to catch on... we should at the very least don't
mind people doing good business with/for/along it.
Or am I seriously, sickenly wrong somewhere??????????
- A very confused Sandip
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----- Original Message -----
From: Raju Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] gnu website and linux.com
> Hi Babu,
>
> I think Linus is just using the words ``commercial'' and
> ``proprietary'' interchangeably, as he is entitled to. I'm sure Linus
> understands the concept of freedom in free software as well as the
> next person.
>
> One of the most important things about the free software movement is
> freedom of choice. In my humble opinion we should let RedHat sell its
> products (proprietary or free) at whatever price they want, and for
> those of us who're uncomfortable with that, why, just use Debian! I
> strongly oppose any move to marginalise Linus or RedHat just because
> they happen to be more flexible than RMS in their stand towards
> commercial/proprietary software.
>
> Having said all that, I still voted for RMS in the Linux.com poll :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Raju
>
> >>>>> "Babu" == M P Anand Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Babu> Hi Please Visit http://tlug.linux.or.jp/linus.html before
> Babu> you decide ur vote
>
> Babu> Linus encourages development of proprietary software
> Babu> something that RMS or anybody would frown upon. He (Linus)
> Babu> is very much confused between "Commercial" software and
> Babu> "proprietary" software. He didn't understand that a Free
> Babu> software is completely commercial. If his support for RedHat
>
> Babu> continues then nobody can save us tomorrow. RedHat is using
> Babu> Free software as a base to sell proprietary software. This
> Babu> is too much dangerous. MS seems to be much better than RH
> Babu> now. He atleast used his own proprietary software to play
> Babu> monopoly. So decide ur future
>
> Babu> regards ab
>
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