[100533] in RedHat Linux List
Re: The future of the OSS model: self-destruct?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wendell Cochran)
Sat Nov 21 16:02:13 1998
From: "Wendell Cochran" <atrypa@eskimo.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:01:02 +0000
Reply-to: atrypa@eskimo.com
In-reply-to: <199811211450.XAA21162@pop3.tky.3web.ne.jp>
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> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:50:24 +0900
> From: "Lance Cummings" <lance@tky3.3web.ne.jp>
> My real question is how can I (or anyone) make any money from this
> software model? Sure Red Hat and some others are selling the
> freebie, but they are essentially becoming service companies, not
> software companies. Frankly, the IT service business is lucrative,
> but personally I'm tired of it.
I think of Samuel Johnson: 'When a man is tired of London, he is
tired of life'.
It's my belief that anyone tired of service has no business in
computing, even as a user.
Call it whatever you like -- service, preventive maintenance,
defensive driving, knowing what you're doing. It's inherent in
Linux/Unix.
Wendell Cochran
West Seattle
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