Good ${greeting_time}, paul!

05 Jan 2021 17:24:30, you wrote to All:

 pl> I might be completely wrong, but don't THINK so.

You really are.

 pl> I want to SELL a product.

Yes, really.

 pl> One section of this product needs a *nix OS.

You have a choice: either open it or fail with it.

 pl> Can I use any ole Linux distro as the OS,

You may try, but that wouldn't work.

 pl> or do I need to focus on the nicer licensed FreeBSD or similar?

Who cares of licenses? Once it is out, it will be reversed and a hmmm... compatible software would fire up in a month. Or two.

 pl> I want to SELL a product and need a *nix OS. What OS would you use?

That doesn't work anymore. However, you still can offer a donation-backed support for adding the new features...


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