[Opensim-users] was Re: Subjects like Opensim-users Digest.... now let's all make a buck off of what's free

[Sarge Misfit]

Don't people run networks and servers and businesses using Linux? And
make a profit doing so? How many region and grid hosting services that
charge for those services use Linux on their servers? Servers that run
OpenSim for those regions and grids.

If I spend my time and energy maintaining a grid, dealing with
customer complaints, answering general inquiries, dealing with
copyright issues, paying the utilities, and all the other things that
I have to do to keep that grid running using OpenSim, shouldn't I be
compensated for the expenditure of my time, energy and finances?

Some people see the metaverse as a hobby. An entertainment that they
can share with others, be they friends and family, or the general
public. Others see a potential to start their own business using an
emerging technology. And still others see the educational prospects
for using OpenSim. But the reality is, for each and every one of us,
we need to eat. We need to pay the rent. We need to cover the costs of
the hardware to run those grids.

TANSTAAFL :-)

On 11/4/11, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/04/2011 08:41 AM, Gary Beck wrote:
>> I continue to be puzzled by the use of these subjects that give no clue
>> what the subject is.
>
> The same people with no regard for the "gift-debt" they are in to the
> OpenSim devels. It's a strange claim to make, "I want to teach my kids"
> this notion. Why not teach them to go across the street and take
> Johnny's bike and rent it out, after Johnny gave them permission to ride
> it? Ric
>
>
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> "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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