From the original article:
"Contrary to reports, this porting effort doesn't constitute an implementation of.NET on FreeBSD, but involves only some of the low-level technologies that are part of.NET. Microsoft's decision to use FreeBSD rather than the far more widely used Linux is reportedly because of the company's disdain for Linux's GNU Public License (GPL), which Microsoft has described as "Pac-Man like" and "a cancer." The FreeBSD license is reportedly far more amenable to Microsoft because the license doesn't require the author of commercial works to provide the source code to others, as does the GPL."
Hello I suggest you to read, if you didnt read yet, The Cathedral and The Bazar from Eric Raymond. http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-ba zaar/ I have just finished to read Open Sources, Voices From the Open Source Revolution. Take a look at chapter "Open Source as a Business Strategy" wrote by Brian Behlendorf. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/ It compares Software Development in "Close Source" projects and "Open Source" projects, maybe it can helps you to design a model business model. But to really convice the "managers" you should focus in "lower costs":)
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There is more about porting .NET to FreeBSD. We can read at Microsoft to Help Port C# to FreeBSD.
.NET on FreeBSD, but involves only some of the low-level technologies that are part of .NET. Microsoft's decision to use FreeBSD rather than the far more widely used Linux is reportedly because of the company's disdain for Linux's GNU Public License (GPL), which Microsoft has described as "Pac-Man like" and "a cancer." The FreeBSD license is reportedly far more amenable to Microsoft because the license doesn't require the author of commercial works to provide the source code to others, as does the GPL."
The original link is at http://www.win2000mag.net/channels/net/.
From the original article:
"Contrary to reports, this porting effort doesn't constitute an implementation of
Helloa zaar/ :)
I suggest you to read, if you didnt read yet, The Cathedral and The Bazar from Eric Raymond.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-b
I have just finished to read Open Sources, Voices From the Open Source Revolution.
Take a look at chapter "Open Source as a Business Strategy" wrote by Brian Behlendorf.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/
It compares Software Development in "Close Source" projects and "Open Source" projects, maybe it can helps you to design a model business model.
But to really convice the "managers" you should focus in "lower costs"