[antiRepublicrat]

I'm sure you'd like to paint it that way but the fact of the matter is that many vendors are selling Linux. And the rest are dumping the product onto the market at below cost.

Your ignorance. General Public License: "You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee."

You can't sell Linux, but you can sell services related to it. This is the basis for the whole business model you can't understand.

[Bush2000]

You can't sell Linux, but you can sell services related to it. This is the basis for the whole business model you can't understand.

Oh, I certainly understand it. Develop a product for some non-zero cost, tell people they can sell it (if they can) or dump it into the market at below cost.