Andrew L. Gould writes: > You can still find FreeBSD at Fry's Electronics and MicroCenter. I > don't know if CompUSA still carries it. I have mixed feelings about > FreeBSD 5.0-5.2.1 being sold in the retail market.
How so? Seems like it would be a good idea to me. I see that one can still order 5.3 over the Internet. Since I burned my own CDs I don't necessarily need it (although a more permanent CD would be nice), but if I did buy it it would be mostly to support the project (provided that the project got the money). > I see no similarity between Microsoft and Open Source OS vendors on > either of these points. Perhaps the similarities will become more obvious with time. > Let's face it, without commercialism, Linux development would not have > benefited from the likes of IBM or HP. Likewise, without > commercialism, there would be very few, if any, *BSD or Linux > developers performing open source development for a living. The money > has to come from somewhere. True. It's virtually inevitable. > Fourth, I appreciate all the hard work that goes into developing and > packaging an operating system and its related applications. I am happy > to pay for the convenience of an operating system on a DVD. It's only > fair that the vendor be able to recover cost. If earning a little > profit motivates them to continue providing a great service, all the > better. Fine. Except that distributors are barely doing anything more than repackaging someone else's work. They didn't write Linux. -- Anthony _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
