From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) Subject: Re: What would people think of binary-only software on Linux? Date: 28 Feb 1993 17:06:31 GMT
In article <1mkqfvINNcts@shelley.u.washington.edu>
tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
>
> If someone developed applications or drivers for Linux and sold them
> in binary-only form, what would the reaction be?
In practice, you would likely have very few customers, as Linux is
still (and will probably always be) a small niche, often used by people
who are not willing or able to pay for a commercial product.
(This is the story of BSD-derived Unix, too.)
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