I occasionally need to explain the economic model that underpins FOSS. This is a nice article that explains some of the success behind Red Hat and other companies that produce free software. I particularly liked the last quote.
<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><a href="http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3664736">http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3664736</a><br></div><blockquote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="-1">
If you don't trust your customers and have
to treat them like criminals and have to continually tighten the
screws, if you have to keep everything a big secret, if your product
line is so unattractive you have to force people to purchase anything
and lock them in to have even a chance of keeping them, perhaps the
problem is not them derned defective customers, but your approach to
running a business.</font><br clear="all"></blockquote>Regards Roland<br><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead