Re: [SLE] Closed Source on Linux?

From: Clayton (smaug42_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/18/05

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    > What do others think about the place of closed source, proprietary software
    > running on Linux?

    My employer supports Linux - and we sell a commercial closed source
    product for Linux. We also use several closed source Linux applications
    - and have paid good money for them... willingly.

    Honestly I don't think anyone has any qualms about buying/paying for
    quality software on Linux. I think we all understand that you can't get
    something for nothing... which is probably why so many of us pony up and
    pay for a nice shiny new copy of SUSE Linux every 6 months - even though
    we really don't "need" to.

    C. 

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