The money would be made by offering services to companies like Dell, to help them differentiate their products from others. For example, helping Dell to make a "Multimedia PC" where the whole thing is oriented around doing Multimedia in Linux. Things like knowing what music composition programs to add, perhaps customizing them to work together better, etc. Jon On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote: > Given that most of Microsoft's profit comes from the desktop, I'm wondering: > if Linux, as I see it, is on its way to becoming a complete, competitive > desktop system, would this money simply cease to flow? Is there any model at > sight for profitable Desktop distros? It looks like RedHat has given up on > that.. > > -- > Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto > > _________________________________________________________ > Voce quer um iGMail protegido contra vírus e spams? > Clique aqui: http://www.igmailseguro.ig.com.br > Ofertas imperdíveis! Link: http://www.americanas.com.br/ig/ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
