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That Win xx Srv having a minority presence in the server closet where BSD has had a major presense does not make BSD a mass market product?

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That people who don't like change would pay money to have a newer version of an old, POS software that they will upgrade than pay for a better product? Wouldn't they just stick with the old crap and not pay anything? Especially if the better product is free?



That these lazy OSS users would pay US$200 per system to upgrade a comercially licensed product that is available under the GPL than type emerge all at the prompt to get their entire system upgraded for free? Remember that we are talking about the OSS market here going comercial and competing against itself, not the current commercial market competing with OSS.

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That although they will be killed when just getting started, they will have a chance to get hugh? Or are you talking about getting hugh and then going all Capitalist on the project? The GPL would protect current users and the competition would protect the rest. Those that don't want to change will stay with Red Hat 12.4.4.5.8.02_17 and the rest will change to Fedora Core 14.8.06 kernel or maybe Debian or SUsE or gentoo or Linspire or Knoppix, all with the latest Linux kernel.

Maybe if Linux itself went commercial? Then it would branch. You can get the old Linux 12.4 kernel for free or the new 14.8 kernel at US$200.00 a pop or get the GNU/LinDeux 1.0 kernel for free or FreeBSD or OpenBSD or NetBSD or GNU/BSD or the GNU/BSDeux 1.0 kernel.

Change is painfull but staying where you are is free. MS cannot charge you for not upgrading from Win95. They can only release the code to crackers to take your system down so that you will have to buy the latest Windows to keep your existing application software investment.

With open source, if Gentoo starts charging me to use the emerge system, I can always do manual upgrades like Unix users have done for years. If they start charging for all downloads, I can move to FreeBSD and still keep my existing investment in OOo, The GIMP, Flight Gear Flight Simulator and every OSS app that I currently have. No tie-in. If I am lazy, I can still run Gentoo 2005.1 for the next ten years until my then 12 year-old son upgrades me.

The system protects itself. You can still make a living doing OSS/GPL but you can't rip off the world.

P.S., open source software and GPL software are not synonymous. All GPL software is open source but not all open source software has to be GPL.
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What ever it takes...  Anti_Zealot | 01/31/05
totally agree  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
as OSS matures....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Yes, but a key difference..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
yea but this is still the infancy of OSS....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
yes  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
Wait a minute...  doe_z | 01/31/05
you misunderstand me....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
So you are saying...  The King's Servant | 02/01/05
How do you know squat?  Delmont | 01/31/05
I've known Aquat for quite some time now..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
A Step in the right direction....  JoeMama_z | 01/31/05
Isn't this the version...  PA-ITGuy | 01/31/05
They can still release patches  CobraA1 | 01/31/05
RE: Phising Fix  Gungnir | 01/31/05
Thanks for the update  PA-ITGuy | 01/31/05
whooppeee!!  Tommy Gun | 01/31/05
Out of curiosity...  PA-ITGuy | 01/31/05
Yeah..sure pattycake!  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
A better test.  Letophoro | 01/31/05
Gotta admit...  PA-ITGuy | 01/31/05
true  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
I don't see these performance issues on Linux...  Hugh Jass | 01/31/05
Not surprising...  AmusedAtItAll | 01/31/05
But what you leave out is  sokushi jonez | 02/03/05
I agree  kdaulton | 01/31/05
Because  Mack DaNife | 01/31/05
I wonder why that is  kohuratahi | 01/31/05
Precisely so that..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
It is out of choice or... lack of one.  doe_z | 01/31/05
welcome to leverageland  kohuratahi | 01/31/05
so, their basicly holding up the release....  TechType | 01/31/05
Well, once the Mac Mini grabs 45% desktop marketshare..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
If you are in such a hurry...  doe_z | 01/31/05
RE: so, their basicly holding up the release....  richdave | 01/31/05
Not to nit pick...  Mack DaNife | 02/01/05
No thanks.  Grayson Peddie | 01/31/05
Well good for you son  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
What He's REALLY Saying  itanalyst | 01/31/05
Hey..  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
He's A Member Of The No_Ax Brotherhood  itanalyst | 01/31/05
Ya Ya Bittyhood  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
Totally out of line!  The King's Servant | 02/01/05
Too late!  Spoon Jabber | 02/01/05
Way, WAY Outtaline Jeff  tbbrickster_z | 02/02/05
And that is your freedom of choice  FilledOut | 01/31/05
Just tell him to switch dude  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
Just vote for Bush dude  FilledOut | 01/31/05
I AM OFFENDED!!!!  The King's Servant | 02/01/05
Great...I'm getting really mad...  Grayson Peddie | 01/31/05
Definitely bitty  AmusedAtItAll | 01/31/05
ROTFLMAO!  Patrick Jones | 02/01/05
Not necessarily.  Linux_Developer | 02/01/05
Rational rationale.  SC-man | 02/01/05
Hopefully. V1.1 fixes stability issues  Prognosticator | 01/31/05
Yep  Anti_Zealot | 02/01/05
Is that you, bitty?  AmusedAtItAll | 01/31/05
I'm not "bitty."  Grayson Peddie | 02/01/05
Consider the source Grayson  Spoon Jabber | 02/01/05
Grayson Peddiephile  Jeff Spicoli | 02/01/05
Good  sokushi jonez | 02/03/05
Why does it seem...  Omch'Ar | 01/31/05
Simple Answer To That...  itanalyst | 01/31/05
Too true  Jeff Spicoli | 01/31/05
It is sad..  Patrick Jones | 02/01/05
NAFTA?  Spoon Jabber | 02/01/05
My Goodness, REAL Internal Testing Before Release!!!  tbbrickster_z | 02/02/05

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