Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves

["Joseph Rose" <jerose@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well said!
Joe rose

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From: Gpigman@xxxxxxx <Gpigman@xxxxxxx>
To: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] Linux on store shelves


>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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