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Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!
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Cyberwasteland |
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Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!! |
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19 Aug 2005 10:57:19 -0700 |
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Karen Hill wrote:
> Linus is now doing the ol' switchero. It is all over the news, if you
> want to use his trademark, Linux, you must pay 5,000 dollars! Letters
> have been sent to 90 companies in Australia already demanding the 5
> grand. Just like all the others have warned, Linux was only free until
> it got enough suckers to use it. Hopefully, now the Linux advocates
> can see that they were bamboozeled by a classic business move, of
> giving away a product for free (linux), until it got good enough to
> compete with the other players. Once enough people are on the product
> and can't easily switch, JACK UP THE PRICES, ala RHT.
>
> First Redhat decided to cash in and now Linus Torvalds. The free
> software movement is a scam. It was from the beginning when Stallman
> was charging for the media during the time when the internet was not so
> popular.
>
> http://theinquirer.net/?article=25529
How about reading what Linus actually wrote instead of your slanted
perspective?
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/19/0828245.shtml
You claim that you are a credible poster (but obviously not
objective)...
prove it.
- Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, Karen Hill, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, address@hidden, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, John Bailo, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, ray, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!,
Cyberwasteland <=
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, chrisv, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, Linønut, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, Peter, 2005/08/19
- Re: Linus CHARGING $5,000 to use Linux name!!!!!, linux-sux, 2005/08/21