From: Liam Bedford (lbedford at domain lbedford.org)
Date: Wed 15 Aug 2001 - 17:35:29 IST
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 04:22:24PM +0100, jac1 came forth with:
> To be honest, i really can't see how companies expect to make money with
> Linux.
> If they bring out a fantastic product for a small fee some bored german kid
> will clone it and give it away for free. Not that I'm complaining or
> anything...
>
next bored german kid who clones Tribes II, or any of the other games and
gives it away for free will be worth a fortune. That's not an easy job.
The biggest killer is the price ($45 each) compared to the Windows version,
and the fact that you generally have to wait 3-6 months for the Linux
version.
L.
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