generating $$$ for Open source apps can be easy/somewhat hard/difficult depending on your model... if you focus on the kinds of apps that are really written for businesses, then you can find a number of examples of people who are generating revenues based on the software. however, in a number of cases, these companies use the "open source" software as a kind of hook. use the basic software for free.. but if you need the additional functions/features/support, this will cost you something $$$. some companies have found this to be a workable solution... the basic issue is that you have to have an app/product/service that a business/customer is willing to pay for... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Aaron Konstam Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:13 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: FC4 or FC5 On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 08:27 +0100, Manuel Moreno wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 16:49 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > ... > > I don't know about CentOS's release cycle. IMHO, even though they are > > technically true to the letter of the GPL, I think that they do > > is a blatant ripoff of all the hard work that Red Hat does in creating > > FC and then RHEL. If you want RHEL, spend the bucks and get it. It is > > Thus, following your argument one step further, RHEL is a blatant rip > off of all the hard work that Linux developers/users/hackers do in > creating Linux, FC, RH, RHEL, etc. ;-) > > ... > > Thomas > > > -- > Manuel Moreno <manolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Well that depends on the answer to the question that open software advocates have to answer. How do oyu make money on software that you give away free? I think this is a critical question that needs a workable answer. > -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
