SuSE near insolvency is just the last of a long list of companies. Sofar, nobody made the money out of Linux to fund its development. Even IBM is acting just because they abuse Linux to lure people to their AIX/RS6000 proprietary platform.
It seems the open source idea of "giving away" stuff might turn out to be Linux' doom.
Umm - this will never work.
Because when digital is free, traditional media will go away even faster. And why would I still purchase media when digital devices will be everywhere.
OTOH, charging from downloaders (as Napster will probably do) will only drive people to "Other" download sources.
So there's the catch...
Besides, Sex & Drug's & Rock'n'roll would have never come int oexistence in such an over-regulated scenario.
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SuSE near insolvency is just the last of a long list of companies. Sofar, nobody made the money out of Linux to fund its development. Even IBM is acting just because they abuse Linux to lure people to their AIX/RS6000 proprietary platform.
It seems the open source idea of "giving away" stuff might turn out to be Linux' doom.
Umm - this will never work.
Because when digital is free, traditional media will go away even faster. And why would I still purchase media when digital devices will be everywhere.
OTOH, charging from downloaders (as Napster will probably do) will only drive people to "Other" download sources.
So there's the catch...
Besides, Sex & Drug's & Rock'n'roll would have never come int oexistence in such an over-regulated scenario.