Re: [LIG] Open Source Community Hall of shame?

VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav-Eu1RwsQd+Wna6/ykmkUfTgC/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.india.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:

> On 13/03/06, VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav-Eu1RwsQd+Wna6/ykmkUfTgC/[email protected]> wrote:
>> One fine day, the site gets updated with various "hardware and
>> services for sale" advertisements by the company that started the
>> site and the site heading still says it is a "community website". On
>
> Well, running the site must be costing this company something. So why
> not? With the evidence at hand, I find nothing wrong in the situation,
> or anything to shame this company for.


Why call it a community site to start with and then convert it to an  
online store and still call it a community website? Who gets the profit?

Hosting is cheap these days. You get a decent hosting account for $30  
per year. Selling that hardware gets the company much more than that.

--
VaibhaV
http://vsharma.net



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