On Friday 12 September 2003 17:59, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Is it really a good idea to deny Mandrake the same type of revenue > source because of an incorrect impression of advertising?
I have my doubts whether it's only that. I think a lot of people actually like the stigma of Linux being difficult and "special". By putting in ads it looses some of it's "undergroundish" glamour. Let's put one thing straight: The Mdk download edition has always been as GPL as possible. It factually is, but I'm taking into consideration that it originated because of the Trolltech license strife at the time.....offering KDE where others wouldn't. That will not change by including ads, it's a way of being able to keep on offering it free of charge where others like Suse have already jumped the train or are in danger of dwindling into oblivion like Slackware. I think it's a hell of alot better idea than the one that always comes up every new edition; To hold the dload version until the boxed version is shipped. That really is stupid and in it's way spiteful to boot. The more I think of it the more I like it, these ads:o) Good luck, HarM
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