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gossamer@glasswings.com.au (Bek Oberin) writes:

>Terry Dawson (terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au) wrote...
>> noone anywhere could deny that commercialism is part of what is
>> making Linux what it is.

>huh?  what makes you say that??

For a start I said part without offering assessment of how large a part, but
RedHat, Caldera, Yggdrasil, Linux Journal, Digital, O'Reilly, Sams,
Prentice Hall, Netscape, and many others, have commercial interests in
Linux and are playing their part in promoting and advocating Linux in
a commercial sense. I don't mean to suggest that any of these companies
also don't have community spirited intentions, simply that they do operate
in a commercial manner in conducting their involvement with Linux.
I'm also not suggesting that all of these companies directly profit from
Linux, but certainly companies like Netscape protect their market share
by offering a Linux port. Frankly I wish they'd let me pay for it.

I should also point out here that I am talking about "Linux" in the bigger
sense of the word, not just the kernel, rather the whole movement.

We have a wonderful synergistic mix of free and commercial interest that
is driving Linux into all sorts of places it should be.

regards
Terry

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