On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 18:54 +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
Their business involves restricting the freedom of their customers with proprietary licenses. What's the question here?
The question is that it is not banal to tell a bizman to completely change his business model, that's it. Shane was saying:
If we have confidence in our model - and if our model is truly better
and I just pointed out that so far there is not enough evidence that free software business models can solve all problems. Remember that the Free Sw Community is a recognized expert of Free Sw, not of Business, therefore simple answers like 'Redhat is profitable' is not acceptable.
What goal are you assuming here? My understanding is that the goal of the GNU Business Network is to allow third parties to easily identify free software businesses, according to a particular definition.
The goals of GBN are not set, AFAIK, therefore I am trying to avoid talking about it. Set it aside and concentrate on defining what a Free Sw Business is. Once we have a definition then we will see who fits in it and what we can do with them.
regards stef