RE: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves

[John Alexander <john.alexander@xxxxxxx>]

I agree with you whole-heartedly. I'm just paying them for the time that I will 
save myself in having to go out and find the Alpha versions of the 
applications, the time spent waiting on downloads, the time spent getting the 
packages on which the application I want to try depends, the time spent 
troubleshooting Makefiles because the author has a different setup than mine, 
and the time spent compiling the application to even see if I like it. Don't 
get me wrong, I love the fact that there is a free alternative to the M$ 
collective, but I don't have all the free time that I would like to have to 
putter around with Linux. In exchange for more time, I gladly surrender 40 
crisp bones, and try all the stuff on the CD. When (not if) I find something I 
can't live without, then I will go get (and compile) new versions as they 
become available. To what specific business practices do you not agree?

JA

-----Original Message-----
From:   Jonathan Hall [SMTP:jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Friday, March 19, 1999 10:30 AM
To:     ACLUG
Subject:        Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves

I refuse to support RedHat softwrae.  I don't agree with their business
practices.  $40 to support Linux seems backwards, since Linux's philosophy
is based entirely on FREE software.

Paying for free software suports non-free software... it's bass ackwards
if you ask me.


On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Clint A. Brubakken wrote:

> The advantage of the $40 is 2-fold. First you get some support, Second you
> get software that doesn't come with the cheap versions.
>
> Also you're supporting Linux, and Gnome through red hat (and yes your
> supporting the ceo salary too, but compared to Bill Gates, its a drop in
> the bucket)
>
> I got my copy of 5.2 for $5 though so maybe I'm a hypocrite.
>
> Clint
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jonathan Hall wrote:
>
> > Or you can get it from CheapBytes for under $10, or download it for free!
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Joseph Rose wrote:
> >
> > > I was browsing in Best Buy - Eastgate today and was surprised to find 
almost
> > > two dozen boxes of Red Hat 5.2! Price was under $40 for standard version 
but
> > > they also had "server" version for around $90. Most remarkable was one 
lone
> > > copy of "Idiot's Guide to Linux" for $10 that included a CD of Caldera 
Open
> > > Linux1.3 (I almost bought it but I've already got Slackware and Redhat)
> > > Maybe linux is making a difference!
> > > Joe Rose
> > >
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