From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id b846db08 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DD3479BFF9; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:55:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6D89BF72; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:55:02 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="PCq9GQQ8"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 51A3C9BF72; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:55:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from p3plsmtpa09-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa09-08.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.237]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FB9F9BF4D for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:54:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.11.97]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id 3Kt8iaJue4ptN3Kt8iRNdc; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 06:54:58 -0700 Received: from [10.10.25.202] (dellray.kilonet.net [10.10.25.202]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id x7TDsvBE001912 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:54:58 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1567086898; bh=Alsw8DRnNsA7Hy+RNVL83snvasUmB7G/92Xtb/em0C0=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=PCq9GQQ8Gyts9am7bF9XQFLfTBhFmzD0FRansCqHel6tFHNvukK4sQwYDhxtreNJj lAZdk/+wS3V1zNCeA86efy92xNIPBsu9RlB4kWBCF1RFzBF7VtDx9IfCCldZh1u7N6 aFYgA/fr93+W7m+zOZy+o4gGbMJ3Y+jhO+hC6wvk= To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <13c5c36e-c84d-e020-d09e-51c8c502dc6d@kilonet.net> <20190828231952.GA536@mit.edu> From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: <3173aba3-b6c3-43db-6374-b600f3217f13@kilonet.net> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:55:10 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfI3c0dVldTeu7XpYkVZH0X0mdY4XhtIyo6yH3zubT0hpZgvCyH7iYXe70T4E7ZK1SyO6H/FBuOk4j7dMeOAwNSOMtZOp6N3PUug9XM9S2MJ1EuIOA5/i fznyRzVfISaHKNajYQaAaLtmEu5P367fNtTAHJoGsWJuv7kJG5k/x5YH Subject: Re: [TUHS] If not Linux, then what? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 8/29/2019 9:31 AM, A. P. Garcia wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:20 PM Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > > > >> The GPL makes it harder to monetize Linux --- although, as we've seen, >> certainly not impossible --- and if you take a look at the most of the >> senior technical people at Linux, none of us have made off as well as, >> say, Bill Joy. I'm still a working stiff, and don't have enough to >> retire. (That's OK; I'm perfectly happy being part of the 99%. :-) > > > Case in point: https://jalopnik.com/the-founders-of-sun-microsystems-their-cars-and-their-5562572 > > I'm not making any judgments, good or bad. It is what it is. > Except for the Ferrari (which would be around $160K in today's US dollars), the other three are pretty much bargain-basement sports cars ;)