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Subject:Re: LinuxWorld Show...where's the beef? From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l Date:Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:17:51 -0500
Andrew Plato wrote:
> No money in Linux. Its hard to pay for a $4000 for a booth at a trade show
when
> your main competition gives their software away for free.
Not much money in selling tap water, either. But there is lots of money in
repairing plumbing, designing water treatment plants, selling premium
bottled water, developing irrigation systems, and anything else you can put
your mind to.
"Linux brings in $2.5 billion for HP... Hewlett-Packard said it garnered
$2.5 billion selling Linux-related products and services in 2003. " http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5141324.html
