Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] funding free software R&D

[Tom Lord]

    > From: "Barak Zalstein" <address@hidden>

    > > In short, I think that companies like those listed above
    > > should, in effect, just give people like me a bunch of money.

    > I think that the real problem is still that no one is willing to
    > pay for something that he can get for free (well, almost), and
    > such companies will not risk an already successful methodology
    > with a radical one (nor financing it) without a real reason to
    > do so.

That's a little like saying "I won't buy any stock unless it's
_guaranteed_ to go up in price."  Yes, you never lose any money on
stocks, but on the other hand, your neighbor who invests in the market
and manages his risks almost certainly makes more money.

-t