From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 30 00:32:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA09551 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA09542 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:32:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 28454 invoked by uid 1000); 30 Sep 1997 07:32:57 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha-092597 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Atlas Telecom From: Simon Shapiro To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" Subject: RE: Good Lord, Commercial Linux Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi "Jamil J. Weatherbee"; On 30-Sep-97 you wrote: > > I was taking a look at Calderas web page noticing that their OpenLinux > Standard is $399, and wondering who would be willing to pay such a price > for a commercial Linux ... Actually, if you raise the price to $700, it will sell even better. If you reduce the number of releases to 1 per year, you can charge even more. I doubt FreeBSd will ever be able to do that, on that scale. Justification: a. If it is free it is useless. You get what you pay for. Why would anyone give away anything which is of any value? b. The fewer releases, the more ``stable'' your product. If you doubt this statement, search for some high-level sales aids for NiceTry. Or Slowlaris, for that matter. c. BSD came from Berkeley, it is a hack. Linux is systemV like. It has a heritage of Large Company. Caldera was founded by Mr. Noorda, he is the radical rebel of Corporate America. Made billions with Novell. Calder Linux must therfore be a good thing. Now, BEFORE you jump down my throat, please evaluate the technology I employ in my professional work :-) BTW, join the Debian developers list. You will see a volunteer project gone mad with commercialism... --- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313