[TUHS] If not Linux, then what?
Arthur Krewat
krewat at kilonet.net
Thu Aug 29 23:55:10 AEST 2019
On 8/29/2019 9:31 AM, A. P. Garcia wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:20 PM Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> The GPL makes it harder to monetize Linux --- although, as we've seen,
>> certainly not impossible --- and if you take a look at the most of the
>> senior technical people at Linux, none of us have made off as well as,
>> say, Bill Joy. I'm still a working stiff, and don't have enough to
>> retire. (That's OK; I'm perfectly happy being part of the 99%. :-)
> <snip>
>
> Case in point: https://jalopnik.com/the-founders-of-sun-microsystems-their-cars-and-their-5562572
>
> I'm not making any judgments, good or bad. It is what it is.
>
Except for the Ferrari (which would be around $160K in today's US
dollars), the other three are pretty much bargain-basement sports cars ;)
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