[Fsf-friends] Re: Fsf-friends Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7

[shibu c varughese]

hi ..mishi,
"open source" software, and is distributed under the GPL (GNU General  
Public License), this is the difference from other major systems.
Open source  can provide your application : speed, reliability,  
performance, portability and affordability....An example is the killer  
application [Apache],  just check out the market share for the Apache web  
server at  http://news.netcraft.com/...also do just check out A case study  
in open source business for Trolltech at   
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/10/03/155235   this is just an  
example which tells how Trolltech is obviously a successful company.

Thanks,
Shibu C V
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:40:39 +0530, Mishi Choudhary  
<mishi_c at rediffmail.com> wrote:

> hello everyone
> since i am new to all this and allof you seem to be pros can u please  
> spare sometime to answer certain questions i have .i'll look forward to  
> hearing from you all
> can you please explain the economic viability of using free software?
> how are the  developers of free software adequately compensated?
> how big is free software in comparison to proprietary software?
>
> Warm Regards
> Mishi Choudhary
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