Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> 10 Things for Linux Desktop Evangelists to Ponder
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> | Continuing the theme from #6, be willing to pay for Linux. Be willing to
> | discuss Linux as a product people buy. Be willing to say "not free"
> | isn't always a bad thing.
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> | I know Linux proscribes selling Linux, but there are many success
> | stories where Linux is the cornerstone of a profitable product (think
> | TiVo). A nicely constructed Linux Desktop is worth money, whether FOSS
> | thinks so or not.
He's not speaking about FOSS or understands it when he rants like that.
GPL'd proverb:
Free as in freedom not price.
> http://www.linuxinsider.com
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> Linux, FOSS, and the Time-Honored Tradition of Charging More for Less
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> | There is something fundamentally defective with a business that feels it
> | can't survive by giving customers a fair deal. Stick with FOSS. What you
> | see is what you get, warts, roses, everything, with no place to hide
> | tricksy dealings or dishonesty.
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> http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2009071002535OPCY
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> Recent:
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> Why Use Linux?
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> | 'I Would Pay for Linux'
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> | "I use Linux first and foremost because it's Unix, and I've been a big
> | fan of the Unix paradigm for 20+ years," Slashdot blogger yagu told
> | LinuxInsider. "With GNU software, Linux is better than industrial (HP,
> | Sun, et al.) Unix because it leverages the best extensions of familiar
> | commands, making them friendlier (color syntax for the ls command) and
> | more powerful (too many to mention in awk/gawk)."
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> http://www.technewsworld.com/story/web20/66546.html
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