Re: Commercial programs in Debian

[hendrik@topoi.pooq.com]

On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 08:17:59AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote:
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> Do you really believe that a business is set up for any other purpose
> than to make money?

Some are. Some are not. Making money is a constraint -- the business 
that does not make money vanishes from the face of the earth.  It may 
not be the purpose.

But the founder of a business may well be following his bliss in setting 
up the business, because he really *wants* to paint water colours, write 
software, build houses, etc.  So he sets up a business doing that.  And 
if luck is with him and he does the necessary financial analysis the 
business prospers.  Some people, when they tired of the work, when it 
ceases to be a joy, closed their prosperous businesses find something 
else to do.

-- hendrik