Can someone tell me what this means?

11 Aug 2007

...
   Because they
want to make money?  
 I must be very thick today, so you'll need to explain.  Said vendors 
 already supply both OS X and Windows versions to all purchasers.  
 Which is actually used is entirely up to the customer. 
While I'm sure it is possible to make money in Linux software, I
can tell you from personal experience that there is a strong
perception that "all things Linux should be free" - I sold cross
development tools for many years (still do actually), and I've
been asked about Linix versions many times - I don't think I ever
was asked if I'd sell Linux tools, or what they would cost etc...
But many times I got asked "how about free versions for Linux?"
... I never developed linux versions of my tools.

Regards,
Dave

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Can someone tell me what this means?