From: KID01 <mat@dsbc.icl.co.uk> Subject: Re: BBS Project -- Linux? Date: 15 Mar 1993 11:02:26 GMT
In article <9303132002.AA14564@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu> STMQ%MARIST@VM.MARIST.EDU (Michael Quigley) writes:
>Dear Linuxers,
>
>I have been receiving a lot of nasty mail from people complaining about
>my BBS software being released commercially. The development group and I
>are now having reservations about releasing it for Linux. While I have
>been getting a lot of positive feedback, the good and bad feedback are
>not in a ratio that I would like to see.
>
>I like Linux very much. When the software is done, I am going to run it
>under Linux on MY box. But if the Linux community is not ready to accept
>commercial software written for Linux, I am afraid I am going to have to
>port it to some dog like SCO to sell it. I don't want to have to do this,
>but this is a large project being worked on by several people, and I am
>afraid that I have sunk too much money into it to release it for nothing.
>
I say release it for Linux & get the money if you can !
If the linux community (or part of) don't like it then they don't have to
buy it.
Best of luck
Matt
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