> Ummm, > > _Either_ the boxed sets _OR_ the club will get you StarOffice and the > non-free Apps. You do not need both.
Thank you for clearing that one up. From a few comments made, there were others that were also confused about that one. > > It takes about $3-4 million to make one of these distros and keep the > security fixes rolling and tested, and we do ..eventually.. finish our > tools, though we can make no guarantees about the tools being made by > the community. Contrast that with $300 million or more for the "Other" > Desktop system, which doesn't even make an effort to provide drivers, > leaving that to the hardware people. Again, I don't begrudge Mandrakesoft the right to make money. That's why you start such a business in the first place. Also, the programmers "do" need to eat. I've long been a supporter, and will continue to buy the boxed sets (albeit, not all of them. I usually download the x.0, & x.1 type versions, and then buy the one that looks like it will be the last of the version. In this case, I'll be buying 8.2). It just looked like Mandrakesoft wanted us to not only buy the boxed sets, but to ALSO "join the club". I was balking a bit at that. Thank you for clearing that one up! > > Anyway, enough said. Your post suggests you do not understand the > difference between free (libre) and free(gratuit) at all. Nor do you > appreciate that this will all go away very soon if such laws as SSSCA > actually pass. Linux, and building home computers, will both be outlawed. I've already sent appropriate letters to the people involved voicing my opinion of this one. As should eveyone else! > > Freedom is not free. Pay for it in money or pay for it in the > traditional manner, blood, toil, tears, and sweat. And Freedom is what > it is about, not overwhelming the worlkd's richest men, just assuring > that your computer belongs to _you_. You *DO* have a way with words. ;) And I agree with you 100%! My original post was borne out of a late night frustration in dealing with a problem that shouldn't have existed. Just a nasty software glitch that shouldn't have existed. As I've said. I will continue to support Linux. It's the only OS that makes sense! Ric
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