Re: [Trisquel-users] Why should I continue with Triaquel 5.5 or anything related to it?

[chris]

I wasn't terribly impressed either. It is easy to take advantage and it is  
easy to love the idea of "Linux" and then by association shows like this.  
Unfortunately most people don't really understand what the issues are. The  
people involved in the show have a financial interest in putting freedom  
down. Yes- it pays the bills for them, but it also seen as a threat to future  
financial successes.

Who buys the commercial time? Companies who are profiting off closed  
software. Even ThinkPenguin to some degree is doing so. Trying to avoid it is  
hard. Developing business models that are not is a challenge. We need more  
business people leading the way on the financial side of things whom  
understand and respect free software principles. Being in it for more than  
just money is critical. There is no reason such business models have to fail.  
The Trisquel user base alone is a not insignificant part of ThinkPenguin's  
business. That is evidence free software business models are feasible. I  
think Trisquel scaled up is also a workable model. The distribution just  
needs more users in order to finance it. Donations alone could probably do  
that with a bit bigger user base.