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09-13-2014, 09:27 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2014
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Linux Mint profit
Based on what you learned from the linux mint web site, how do you think companies that provide linux make most of their profit?
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09-13-2014, 09:45 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
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Welcome to LQ.
You referring to http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2675 ? |
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09-13-2014, 10:09 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 6,797
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$7.2 from 9 smaller donations
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Life is tough |
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09-13-2014, 10:41 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 27,666
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shinieja
Based on what you learned from the linux mint web site, how do you think companies that provide linux make most of their profit?
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Seems VERY much like a verbatim homework question.... |
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09-13-2014, 11:04 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: London
Distribution: PCLinuxOS, Salix
Posts: 6,243
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Since Linux Mint is not produced by a company, who-ever set the homework doesn't know much about Linux!
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09-13-2014, 03:31 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
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"how do you think companies that provide linux make most of their profit?"
Two basic ways. One is to have some ad support and or donations.
The other is commercial support.
Mint is the former.
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