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Old 06-08-2011, 09:12 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
Redhat would probably disagree with you. They seem to be making quite a bit of money from Open Source software (Linux). Free Software doesn't *necessarily* mean you can't make money from it.
Again, I think his point is, they don't make their money by giving you the software for free then hoping you pay for it later....IIUC they have other revenue sources, like services. Redhat does not use the shareware model.

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Originally Posted by bhartman36 View Post
But again, the crucial difference there is, they're returning your money. You already paid it. That's very different from reading a book without paying for it first.
I'm with you. I was replying to the person who seemed to be saying they didn't know that books could be returned for a refund.

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