Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 09:38:18 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> To: chris@usa.nai.net Cc: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What about... was: Re: -Stable, credit card donations to FreeBSD, Inc. Message-ID: <199606101638.JAA23011@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:37:26 EDT." <31BC4136.2386@nai.net>
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From: Chris Lukas <chris@usa.nai.net> Subject: Re: What about... was: Re: -Stable, credit card donations to FreeBSD >>, Inc. I wholeheartedly agree. I actually find it difficult to base my business on a product that some is NOT making money on. Who is going to run the paid subscription list, and do the developers agree? (reverse order). Chris Lukas http://www.bsdi.com/ We already have one paid-support BSD unix, and it happens to be a pretty good one at that. I don't see the need to make a "Not-So-Free-BSD". It's a pretty poor business model to support FreeBSD, because 85% of your potential revenue stream will try to screw you. BSDI controls this by selling licenses on a per-CPU basis. Cygnus controls this by incorporating fixes into FSF versions of code slower than they incorporate into their own code (which is, again, licensed). Paul
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