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Re: [DotGNU]The Future of Mandrake Linux.
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Re: [DotGNU]The Future of Mandrake Linux. |
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Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:49:39 -0600 |
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Bill Lance wrote:
With all of the recent discussion about Libre Software
business models, and principle vrs pragmatism ..
here is a real life example.
I challenge everyone who uses Mandrake, bought most
likely from Cheap Bytes like most of mine have been,
to pay up.
I assume you mean buy an official CD ~$20, not from somebody who just burns CDs
and sells them for ~$5
It's good for your soul .. :) - that's principle
I use Slackware, and I bought the official box set. However, when I get a
new computer, I am switching to Debian, so...
I have bought 2 Free books (_GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool_, and
_Texinfo_ I ordered from the FSF) and am planning to order another, maybe flex,
bison, bash, ELISP, glibc, GCC, depending what I get myself into next ;)
However, getting more serious, there must be a better way than appealing to
conscience to make FS great business. (NOTE: if you reply seriously to this
message, you can just snip everything but the previous sentence)
Getting less serious, if you still insist, I'll go to mandrakesoft and order a
copy, or buy 8.1 from Wal-Mart, just for fun :)
--
Are Linux users lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of
reliable, well-engineered commercial software?
-- Matt Welsh