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Depend what you want to achieve...Depend what you want to achieve...Posted Jan 16, 2003 15:08 UTC (Thu) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)In reply to: Depend what you want to achieve... by gproux Parent article: MandrakeSoft enters bankruptcy I never want again to see stupid investors believe they should get any "return" from a free software project. I don't think any investors can be called stupid because they are expecting revenue from their investments. Those, who do not expect revenue, are not investors, but members of the Salvation Army or are called Mother Theresa, or something else. it would allow the association to really invest all the money it has only for its users If I remember well, LWN.net needs about 3000-4000 subscribers to sustain its 3 member staff. I'm not sure, how much staff are needed to produce a decent distribution, but let's make it 15. It means, that (if they would follow LWN's example) they would need 15000-20000 subscribers paying 2.5-10 USD/month. Do you really think it's feasible?
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Feasible? Posted Jan 16, 2003 16:51 UTC (Thu) by gproux (subscriber, #8286) [Link] Have you heard about a little known project called Debian?
Feasible? Posted Jan 17, 2003 11:54 UTC (Fri) by NAR (subscriber, #1313) [Link] Yes. They are a project, not a company. They do not rent offices, pay secretaries, accountants, taxes, etc. Do they have any employees, who are payed by the project?
Feasible? Posted Jan 19, 2003 7:03 UTC (Sun) by gproux (subscriber, #8286) [Link] It seems I was not the only to think in the same line as what is proposed up there, have a look at
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