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To: g_m10 who wrote (1005)	2/13/1999 6:06:00 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) of 2615

the real deal behind free software is open systems that are fixable not a win98 upgrade that is a bug fix. There is nothing wrong with charging for it as Irma La douce said. But the whole corporate world could not have created the consensus that was Linux. Only the "free" software world. Software costs what it costs to maintain it. Software cusomters are customers for life, like a car customer is a mechanic's friend. Now that mature framework exists, we cab hang all kinds of commercial hats on it. Not so the windows world it seems. Therein lies the advantage. EC<:-}

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