[geeks] [rescue] Ultra 5 OS

[Lionel Peterson]

On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> I'm still pretty sure Cygnus was the first firm to try to make Free  
> software
> the core of its business model

Cygnus did what UniPress did, take someone else's code and modify/ 
support it, right? For example, Cygnus sold supported GNU software,  
not their own, right? They didn't write new, unique programs  
independent of other works and then offer them freely, did they? Their  
work-products were not free (as in beer), were they?

Also, when tossing around the word 'free' in this context, please  
specify 'as in beer', 'as in speech', or both...

I assume you mean 'both'.