From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
Subject: Re: Compiler business prospects
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:23:28 -0500
Date: 2012-02-04T18:23:28-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <82lioiuqrz.fsf@stephe-leake.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 08d75622-44ae-407f-8cac-755874c2d48d@eb6g2000vbb.googlegroups.com
Erich <john@peppermind.com> writes:
>>
>> Seehttp://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/event/keynotes_model_success
>>
>> You *can* sell GPL software and make a profit. That's just a fact.
>
> I really didn't want to get into this discussion but I have to reply
> to this, because your claim is completely misleading. The talk you
> link to is about AdaCore. Sure you can make money with business-to-
> business software, especially when it involves very special know-how,
> but you do *not* make the money by selling the software. You are paid
> for the consulting, product service, and maintenance and *not* for the
> software.
+2
Ludovic, you were spreading FUD.
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-- Stephe
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-31 12:45 Compiler business prospects Georg Bauhaus
2012-01-31 14:36 ` Alan Jump
2012-01-31 23:24 ` Robert A Duff
2012-02-01 12:24 ` Erich
2012-02-01 13:26 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-01 20:31 ` Gautier write-only
2012-02-02 9:45 ` Stephen Leake
2012-02-02 10:27 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-02 13:40 ` Erich
2012-02-02 16:39 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-02-02 18:19 ` Erich
2012-02-03 3:51 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-03 10:29 ` Erich
2012-02-04 23:23 ` Stephen Leake [this message]
2012-02-06 10:40 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-02-07 11:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-07 11:34 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-04 23:23 ` Stephen Leake
2012-02-06 16:58 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-02-04 23:22 ` Stephen Leake
2012-02-03 19:11 ` Tero Koskinen
2012-02-04 1:52 ` Shark8
2012-02-04 23:27 ` Stephen Leake
2012-01-31 15:56 ` anon
2012-01-31 20:27 ` Gautier write-only
2012-02-04 3:43 ` anon
2012-02-04 6:05 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2012-02-04 14:57 ` AdaMagica
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