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If two companies A and B make the same kind of software and if A's product becomes successful and because of that the B goes bankrupt can you blame A for that? People make money from free software so it really doesn't create unemployment.
If two companies A and B make the same kind of software and if A's product becomes successful and because of that the B goes bankrupt can you blame A for that? People make money from free software so it really doesn't create unemployment.
==How do I start contributing to FOSS?==
Start using FOSS, Share/Blog what you found out (it works out of the box, you needed to tweak something to get it working...), Help others in mailing list, forums..., Write documentation, Request for features, Submit bugs, Try fixing some bugs ar adding new features... [[DummyGuideToContributing|Here]] is a detailed guide.


==Does Free Software guarantee a job?==
==Does Free Software guarantee a job?==
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At the same you can get free of cost with CentOS if you don't want any support. People still pay of RHEL when CentOS is free of cost and it is functionality identical. They take RHEL source code and rebuild it without Red Hat's name and trademarks.
At the same you can get free of cost with CentOS if you don't want any support. People still pay of RHEL when CentOS is free of cost and it is functionality identical. They take RHEL source code and rebuild it without Red Hat's name and trademarks.
==How do I start contributing to FOSS?==
Start using FOSS, Share/Blog what you found out (it works out of the box, you needed to tweak something to get it working...), Help others in mailing list, forums..., Write documentation, Request for features, Submit bugs, Try fixing some bugs ar adding new features... [[DummyGuideToContributing|Here]] is a detailed guide.


==Why contribute to Free Software?==
==Why contribute to Free Software?==
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