__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 09 March 2007 16:48 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:52:58 +0000
> <1316761.YqRENKbZ4m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 09 March 2007 13:03 \__
>>
>>> Dr. GroundAxe <groundaxe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> DFS wrote:
>>>>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And the reason RedHat is making $386.22M in revenue and
>>>>>> $66.74M in profit is ... ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hundreds of OSS developers are too freakin' stupid to charge for their
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If RedHat actually paid all the developers contributing to what they
>>>> repackage they'd be bankrupt. So in reality the business model isn't
>>>> viable as it relies on charity.
>>>
>>> Normally, Gary, I do not see your postings, however, this one seems to
>>> have crept through, and is worth commenting on, since your remark is so
>>> incorrect.
>>>
>>> Free software works by the cost of development being shared across all
>>> users in a way which is supportable by each of those users. Red Hat's
>>> business offering is support for their distribution, it is *not* to
>>> write the initial distribution. This is *no different* to when you buy
>>> a PC from Dell - they do not pay for all the developers it took to write
>>> Microsoft Windows, Norton Anti-Virus, Microsoft Office, and so on, they
>>> merely make a small contribution on an instantial basis. At *no point*
>>> have Dell, HP, IBM or any other OEM paid for the writing of Windows, any
>>> more than Red Hat have paid for the writing of their distribution.
>>>
>>> I know that you know this, of course, but it's just possible that a
>>> drive-by reader might be taken in by your lack of economic
>>> comprehension.
>>
>> Why feed trolls when the weather forecast is so positive? Troll posts
>> today can almost be counted with one hand...
>>
>
> I dunno...that one st00pid gmail idiot seems to be
> awfully, erm, energetic today. :-/
>
> (I hesitate to say "productive".)
It's this time of the month. Gary floods UseNet for attention, then replacing
his tampon. I can assure you that Gary is not an orginary guy (let alone a
guy per se).
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