OpenEuphoria

Re: GPL

• Posted by JJProg at CYBERBURY.NET Feb 25, 2000
• 405 views

EU>No, but it's crossed my mind. So how is anyone making money if i download a
EU>free copy of linux? Unless i order a book, or a CD, to get assistance i can
EU>also get for free online?

EU>Kat

Well, some people do order the books, call tech support etc. Before I
got a cable modem and a CD-R, it would have taken forever to download a
650 MB disk image, not to mention the package includes a source CD and a
documentation CD, and you can get a power tools package with a few CDs
too.
Also, companies can make money from Linux by
* selling specially configured versions for enterprise computing (like
Red Hat is doing)
* selling hardware with linux (people want linux, and linux is free so
they don't have to pay Microsoft)

And the list goes on and on. Read Under The Radar by Robert Young for
more info.

Jeff Fielding
JJProg at cyberbury.net