Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Profits from GPLed software? Hardly.

Author:Robert Palmer Jr
Posted:8/24/2000; 6:31:39 AM
Topic:Next survey: Are you an open source developer?
Msg #:20079 (In response to 20050)
Prev/Next:20078 / 20080

Well, take a look at Apple's upcomming OS X. It IS based on BSD. Apple has added siginificantly to the BSD portion of the system in terms of drivers, and new technologies. Additionally, they have added a proprietary user interface to it. This IS a sustainable business model.

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