Sometime back we had a long discussion on this. I will keep on raising
this point everytime.
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Redhat only makes money out of free software nothing else.
What's wrong with making money out of free software? You are only
targeting Redhat because it's so visible. By this logic, all commercial
companies which are using free software to further their business
interests are guilty(e.g. IBM and SGI for selling Linux maxchines, ISPs
for using Linux servers, other organisations for using Linux
anywhere). Aren't they making money out of it?
Atleast Redhat, isn't merely using it and making money out of
it! They are in the process also doing it a great service. Look at the
amount of money they have spent on advertising and pushing Linux round the
world. Look at the lakhs of people in India who were initiated into linux
using a Redhat dist. I am sure even your first time in Linux would have
been using a PCQ Redhat CD rather than a Debian.
> If making some modification makes it the best. I think we ought
> to stop thinking Linux is the best OS as a philosphy and on
> technical merit as when people are behind a company rather than
> the movemment( free software) the whole system is going to
> degrade and Bob Young is going to be next bill gates
>
Precisely. Let's stop denigrating other distributions just because they
don't "behave" your way. Look at them with an impartial eye.
Regards,
Sandip
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