24 Apr
2006
24 Apr
'06
9:15 a.m.
Sometime on Apr 21, R cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Free software is generally looked upon as a conmmunity effort with little monetory gains for the programmer himself. Those who install and
That's not actually true. According to what Microsoft tells companies, free software developers are costiler than windows developers, ie, the company has to pay more money to free software developers.
Also, consider reading 'The Magic Cauldron' by Eric S Raymond (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/magic-cauldron/magic-cauldron.html). He lists out several ways to make money out of FOSS.
Philip
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"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to
create him."
-Arthur C. Clarke