Re: vendor donations to FSF

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From: Satish CHITTAMURU
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 01:41

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In article <1992Feb1.014833@eklektix.com> rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
 > 
 > Having a large base of free software is also good for them, since software
 > is expensive.  (Companies which sell hardware/software "systems" do NOT
 > make their money on software, and never have.)

Someone ought to tell this guy about DEC. As per their last quarterly report
(issued late Jan'92) Software&Services revenues outstripped hardware revenues.
Now I agree that services is a highly profitable sector, but DEC's software
business is nothing to sniff at, let alone call unprofitable. With the intense
competition in the workstation area, software is going to be even more
important for a lot of such companies.

 > -- 
 > Dick Dunn    rcd@raven.eklektix.com   -or-   raven!rcd    Boulder, Colorado
 > 	...Simpler is better.

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Satish K. Chittamuru				satishc@microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation				Redmond, WA
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Subject: Re: vendor donations to FSF
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