On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 12:40, ed tharp wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 02:58, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 01:07:12AM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > BSD would be a kernel just as linux is just a kernel. I bet 100%of the > companies using BSD and apache-PHP/mySQL on their webserver would not be > there without mySQL, how good is BSD without any of the programs that > are packed with it? same thing bud..... >
BSD is not a kernel like Linux, it is an OS. GNU provided the utilities on top of Linux, which make up the entire OS, BSD is a whole, kernel, system utilities etc all in one, and it doesn't have distributions. (Open/Free/NetBSD do have common roots, but are seperate OS's) Although it is a complete OS, applications are still another matter, be they an X-server, Windowmanager or webserver, you have the same choice there as you do on Linux (Apache, KDE, ...). > and why do you make a statement that sounds as though only businesses > have vested interests? individuals come with vested interests as well as > hidden and open prejudices. Because businesses are *inherently* distrustfull. They have one goal: MAKE MONEY, if you do that by emploing 10-year old children in Thailand working for 1 �/$ a day, that's good business, yet it is morally degraded. (Nike likes that kind of thing). > > > > why not "Bonnie and Clyde" as long as we are talking about > misappropriations and taking something that you did not earn or pay for? > Bonny and Clyde where *thieves*, yet SCO/Disney/Microsoft/GM are respected corporations (one better than the other). I don't see much difference in their actions. Face it, most corporations are crooks, even if they don't break the law, they lack a moral code. Why do you think they protest minimum-wages, unions, ... I do concede that Mandrake has proven itself different (better), and earned our trust for the moment. But I and some other people are concerened that commercial ideas will start affecting engineering decisions. > but no matter how good it is, you don't seem willing to _pay_ for the > quality product you receive. damn shame (imho) > How do you know that? He stated like me that he does not want to pay for the ad-version. I stand by my opinion that the "for-fee" version should be ad-free. Ads in the download edition are acceptable.
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