MOTM

> Is this a troll?

No, just an attempt to present an alternate point of view. Maybe that's a
"troll"?
 
> This argument has been had about 1000000 times elsewhere on 
> the internet.  You make money by giving away the software but 
> selling support, hosting, hardware, and customization.

Works for some kinds software, but not others. E.g. suppose I want to sell a
word-processing program; how do I sell hardware for that? That's a
rhetorical question; nobody has to answer it because...

> Can we not have this argument again, here? Please? Pretty 
> please? With sugar on top? Please? No, really, I'm begging.

...I agree. This will be my last posting on the topic. I promise.

--Adam