Also, you need to know that distributions do some tweaks and customizations to the software so that they work better together on the given platform. And this ease of use is the reason for some of the cost.
- Navneet On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:42:59 +0530, Saswata Banerjee & Associates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Harsh Busa wrote: > > >On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 13:37:53 +0530, Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Ok methinks it's time to Reply. > >>I knew the meaning of Open Source... but then I prefer to think of it as follows > >>If you "value" add on to the source and then charge a lil something, then it is > >>quite ok. > >> > >>But I don't think downloading the content of the 4 cds and then burning them onto > >>CDs (I got a writer, so I don't wanna pay for this.), is VALUE-ADDITION. > >> > >> > >> > > > >you know what instead of shouting at ppl charging 250 you must fight > >with companies like redhat, suse / novell etc. these coz simply put > >ISOs from site into cds and sell it to you for much higher premium. by > >your interpretation they do very little value addition too. > > > But as far as I know, they charge not for the software, but for the > service and support they provide. > That is why no individual buys from Redhat / Suse. Only corporates do > because they need the service > > Regards > Saswata > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- - Navneet -------------------- ... and you thought the world was a big place -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
