-----Original Message----- From: Pillai, Gishu R (GE Infra, Energy) Sent: 10 April 2006 18:10 To: 'GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India' Subject: [OT] - OSS Philosophy Explained
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick Noronha (FN) Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Digit April 2006... and FLOSS >* Fast track to [GNU]Linux, a 178-page handy guide small-sized. Hey glad that you brought this up.. Just watched Revolution OS this weekend + then I bought this Digit copy The fast track guide says pg 16. top - "Free software need not be open source" Is this true? I thought free = free to improve and distrib... Since this is from Digit, I don't take it on face value. Also on the business model (can of worms alert), Stallman n co say that the money lies in providing support to OSS. The movie showed that despite initial hoopla, VA Linux went down under due to mounting losses. Anyone know of a slightly more lived success story? This is an aspect that bothers me at times. -- Gishu -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
