On 26 Mar 2002 21:48:21 -0800 Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote and hopefully I read right:
> The full title of this: > > The little operating system that could, and the little company that > couldn't. > > Meaning of course Linux, and Mandrake. > > I'm a newly disgruntled user. Don't mis-read that. I'm not a new user by > any means. I still have my RedHat 3.x disks on the shelf. I'm just newly > disgruntled. > > Why? > I'm tired of things that don't work "consistantly". > I'm tired of hostile "help lists" that love nothing more than to flame > anyone who dares to have a contradictory opinion. > I'm tired of the "partially finished" software, and having to argue over > the value of a much needed function, just because the DOD (Developer of > the Day) doesn't want to include it. > I'm tired of seeing an application with possibilities dissapear because > the developer graduated, and got a job. > > But mostly, I'm tired of paying more, and more for it all. And having > the distributors constantly stick their hand out for more. > > It used to be that Linux was openly free. It was meant to be that way. > But then the companies came in, and saw a way to make money from Linus' > child, and built distributions. Ok, distributions were a good thing. > Rolling your own was a bear! > > Even those used to be totally free. You were encouraged to download it. > They still are in a way. But now Mandrake is taking it upon themselves > to make you feel guilty for that, and even worse, making you a second > class citizen. > You can't get the same distributino from download, as you can by buying > a boxed set. You can't get StarOffice 6.0 without "Belonging to the > Club". Can't get this, can't get that. BAH! umm point to note.... Star Office 6.0 is a pay for play app. You can't get it for free. period. Somehow to include it they have to charge somewhere...... > > Seems to me that Linus' little "free" operating system is now costing as > much as windows, without the benefit of the off the shelf software. > > Don't believe me? Add it up. > > Average charge per new releass: > $69.00 per release. x 2 realeases per year. $138.00 > Shipping: $15.00 per boxed set 30.00 > "The Club" > $10 per month x 12 > (Remember, you need to belong to the > $10 per month club to get Staroffice 6.0) 120.00 > --------- > Cost of Mandrake, per year: $288.00 > > Congratulations. For the home user, the cost of ownership of Mandrake > has exceeded the cost of Win2k. And you can't even go down to the local > software store and buy a game for it. Or a business accounting package, > or a decent CD Label Printing Package. or.... > > Ok, yep, I'll keep running it, because I like it. I'm just disgruntled. > > If you all want to turn on the jets, and flame me for it, fine. I just > felt the need to share a few points that just fry me from time to time. > Thanks for listening. > > JMHO-YMMV > > Ric > > > > > >
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