Re: Possible GPL Violation of Linux in Amstrad's E3 Videophone

James Courtier-Dutton
2004-10-09T09:50:22Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> I believe the true market value of Linux (the kernel alone) is probably
> in the billions of dollars range and that there's one rather big and
> agressive company on this planet that would be happy to pay even more
> just to make it go away. (But for many of us Linux is like freedom (or
> fresh air), with no particular dollar amount attached to it.)
>
> Ingo

To me, the true value of Linux is that there is no company that can take
over Linux and End of Life it as a product.
For that reason, Linux is the most risk free discision anyone can make.
1) The product will never "End of Life".
2) You don't have to "Request for feature" and wait for the supplier to
implement it in their own leasurely time. You can add it yourself or get
someone to add if for you in timescales you set.
3) Bugs are fixed faster, as there is a larger amount of developers than
any other product.