Then, CentOS wouldn't be free, and google ads create all sorts of privacy concerns if done during an OS install. I think an excellent business model would be to ask for money from government agencies and businesses that use CentOS. Sometimes IT departments need to spend money or it "goes away" (more so in government than elsewhere). On Saturday 18 March 2006 1:04 pm, centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > > If the 850,000 unique IPs that get updates from us in the last 12 months > > paid the project $30.00 each .... that is: > > > > $25.5 Million Dollars > > Sorry, but there is a better business model. Think about > GoogleAds in the distribution. GoogleAds during the install, > GoogleAds during OpenOffice, GoogleAds during ping... > > Then the possibility becomes endless.