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Desktop Linux can not be a goldmine from its nature and its userbase. People using Linux does not want to pay for anything and first thing which they will do is
by TheLoafOfBread 2y ago
Desktop Linux can not be a goldmine from its nature and its userbase. People using Linux does not want to pay for anything and first thing which they will do is to fork your code and "release it" for free because of GPL.
When you have no chance to monetize it, how it can turn into a goldmine?
- jrepinc 2y agoFun fact, I spent more money on GNU/Linux and donations to FOSS projects then I ever have for Windows and its software. Why because it is just better more user respecting and is constantly improving, and the opposite is true for Microsoft and their malicious business practices and bad products that are getting worse by each release.
- gebna 2y agoGoogle made money on Android. As long as you're not making direct changes to Kernel code, you're free to close source anything you add. The existence of AOSP didn't prevent the Playstore or google play service from making Google the sole controller of Android. That's how it turns into a goldmine.
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoAndroid is kind of pointless without phones it is running on, so having a code does not mean you have any use for it. Same for routers using Linux. Kind of pointless to have source code when you don't have the hardware.