Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves

[Gpigman@xxxxxxx]

Excuse me if I'm wrong but after reading the Linux mag. the word " Free"
pertains to the source code. What someone else does to the code to ease the
installation and configuration is what you are paying for. If Linux is to go
mainstream it will have to be easier to get running so the average Joe Blow
can get it running with minimal trouble. I'm no flipping genius, but unless
you really want to run Linux and read lots of HOW TO'S your not going to get
it running right. The only way I see to get the masses, not just the Computer
specialist or back room Hacker Mechanic (Which is what I consider myself) to
use it, is to do just what our good buddy Mr. Bill has done. Someone has to
stick it in a pretty box and sell it. It's all marketing. Nobody works for
Free. The only way to market a product like Linux is to is to make it for
everyone. 
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