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   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
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   > "Chris Ahlstrom"  wrote in message   
   > news:iifk5t$8s4$5@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   >>> What are all the other companies who are making money giving software   
   >>> away for free?   
   >>   
   >> Intel.  Need to check out pintool soon.   
   >   
   > I'd argue that Intel "makes money" selling processors and various other   
   > proprietary devices.  That's what pays the bills over at Intel - not free   
   > software.   
      
   That's like saying a carpenter "makes money" building homes.  That's what   
   pays the bills for him - not the hammer and nails.  And yet he couldn't do   
   his job without them.   
      
   Strictly speaking, my response meets the criterion posited in your   
   interrogatory.  :-)   
      
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