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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> types:
> > That only applies to companies that can't see beyond the "product"
> > model for revenue streams.
>
> Company A pays R&D costs out of pocket for one year to develop a
> product P, which it releases under GPL.
> 
> Total developement costs are $1,000,000,000.
> 
> The total market for product P is $10,000,000,000.

Company A can't see byond the "product" model for revenue streams from
software.

> Under no circumstances can the per unit revenue for company A
> _ever_ drop below $9.90 per unit, since it would then be
> impossible to recover R&D costs, and then it's off to bankruptcy
> court for company A.

Yup. Their lack of vision is going to drive them bankrupt.

	<mike
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