Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> > I'vew since looked at their web site and found out:
> >
> > 1. The $100 is a "membership" fee not a license fee.
>
> Nop, it's a licensing fee.
What do we ask of you? A $99 fee for a one year membership in the
^^^^^^^^^^^
Lindows.com Insiders program and your commitment to take time to share
your feedback about our plans, our products and our future direction.
Agree to a non-disclosure agreement, keeping the program itself and those things you
learn as a Lindows.com Insider confidential, just as any Lindows.com employee would.
>
> > 2. You have to sign an NDA, "just as any Lindows.com employee would".
>
> True, although if you read the legal agreement you'll see it full of loop
> holes.
But the just as any employee phrase scares me. It also prevents me from
asking my boss to let me try it for work related purposes.
> > First, I can't see sending them any money to be an ALPHA tester of their
> > code.
>
> Beta, its been very stable to me.
OK.
> > Second, It's amembership fee because they can't charge a license fee.
> > Fancy wording to get around something that they can't do because
> > it is wrong.
>
> It's a licensing fee for a single copy of Lindows and becoming a lindows
> "insider" tester.
No, as i copied from their website above, it's a membership fee.
> Thats your opinion. I like to influence their decision making (they already
> emailed me that some of my suggestions will be incorporated into the next
> beta).
Yes, but what would your employer say about that?
Geoff.
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