On Monday 15 Sep 2003 1:48 am, Charlie wrote: > Disclaimer:- > I am a freeloader paying only for the media upon which the O/S was > written. I would probably have used windows, however, I couldn't > afford it. In an attempt to pay my way and in gratitude to Mandrake > and Linux, I mention Linux everywhere, and Mandrake in particular, > because it is my Linux of preference. In the footer of the front > page of every document I write is the following:- > But you see, in my book that says you are not a freeloader. Of course, Thomas also pays in other ways. The only reason that I saw his situation as freeloading was because he started by saying that he would have bought, had not the matter of advertisements arisen - in other words, he could have afforded. That's a different matter.
But it is so very important, I think, to say often and loudly that if we value linux we must pay by whatever coin we can offer, be it cash or time and effort in coding, documentation or promotion. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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