From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 4 17:46:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA25143 for current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:46:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.5.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA25138 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:46:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr09.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA12899; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:22:03 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr09.primenet.com(206.165.6.209) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd012878; Thu Dec 4 18:21:55 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA29771; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:21:54 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199712050121.SAA29771@usr09.primenet.com> Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? To: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 01:21:54 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, toasty@home.dragondata.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <348839a9.79109795@mail.cetlink.net> from "John Kelly" at Dec 4, 97 11:17:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> Why is it a shame to lose users who don't pay anything for the > >> software in the first place? > > > >Because of the economics of porting decisions made by commercial > >software companies, for one. > > But if they won't pay anything for the OS how much will they pay for > some app ported by a commercial vendor? But if they won't pay anything for the cellular telephone how much will they pay for air time from some commercial vendor? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.