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Re: Some Advocacy Needed
- Subject: Re: Some Advocacy Needed
- From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:16:05 -0700
On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 01:59:04PM +0530, SANIsoft wrote:
> I need some *solid convincing* advocacy for Corporate/Commercial user
> as to
> 1) Why Linux is free
Free speech, not free beer. Free because information should be free.
> 2) How was/is the development of Linux funded.
It wasn't funded originally. It was just a hobby. Now it is being funded
with support (Linuxcare) and distribution (Redhat) dollars.
Read the advocacy howto and some of the ESR (Eric Raymond) writings.
-Arun
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