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On 2004-05-26, Jim Kennedy <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote:
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> "Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
> news:40b48b37$0$8987$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>> Quirk wrote:
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>> > Only vendors of free software face different factors.
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>> Can someone explain to me how does
>> "free software" get sold by its "vendors"?
The same way that Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and Oracle 9i does.
This isn't the realm of (buy a widget and forget about it) consumer software where the only relationship you have through a vendor is that first time sale through CompUSA or BestBuy.
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