RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> mike3 wrote:
>
>> On Feb 21, 5:24 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> Canonical partners with IBM for closed source database
>> <snip>
>>
>> Isn't this kind of hypocritical? I mean, they offer this GNU/Linux
>> system because
>> it is free as in freedom, and then go and jump in on closed and non-
>> free projects,
>> not to mention actively touting them around?
>
> Nope. As long as IBM abides by the GPL they *are* allowed make money with
> Linux. And they seem to be making quite a bit with it. Even Microsoft could
> make money with Linux if they wanted to.
It's Ubuntu who will make the money. Or rather IBM will channel it to
them. You morons are clueless about what this is all about. Ubuntu is
not a bunch of smelly cellar dwellers cultivating big bears full of taco
and pizza crumbs. It's about a bunch of clever people who have adopted
an OS "for free" and will make billions out of other people's work.
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