Hey SB, > redhat, I would have boycotted them for life and > would make all out efforts to have them kicked out > of all my client sites. [snip]
Would that really hury em...:D. It would surely serve to only hurt ur customers since RH is the most easily service distro anywhere in our own country...unfortunately(How we all wish we could apt-get with ease on RH). > > I work with microsoft who are the most commercial of > all companies, also holds many senimars which we > attend. Believe me, they will never do something > like this. Neither do oracle or ibm whose seminars > we attend. [snip] Hehe.....hmmm. Sleeping with the enemy eh...:D. > > Every company gives high values, respect and respect > to consultants and advisors because clients will not > iuse their products if not recommended by the > consultants. > > I do not know who else they turned back that day, > but it will cost them dearly. [snip] To forgive is divine and to err is human. But yes, this sure speaks of RH's attitude which has always been so. After all they don't care too hoots for FSF-OS as long as they can fatten thier bottom lines. And that for a fact. Trevor > > Regards > saswata > > Trevor Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > __________ > > > > > >Morning YS, > > > > With respect to commercial organisations.....yes > we > >do have different schools of thought and some of > them > >decide to preach OpenSource vis-a-viv Free Software > >since it helps them make a buck or two. Their > making > >$$$ through healthy business practices is essential > >for the economic fabric of OS-FSF to prosper. You > may > >not agree with me on some of my concerns and that > >fine. > > > > Yes, you did get shoved by them but this is more > of > >a logistical issue that i am sure they would > regret. > >Essentially.......as any other organisation in this > >world they are commercial minded, i have learnt > that > >the hard way too. So like everyone else....you too > are > >expendable. I can assure you of the same....the guy > >there will offer you a red carpet to get his/her > image > >or job done and chuck you out when they don't need > you > >any longer. > > > > They all are be the same..........cause $$$$ > come > >before your and my passion for FSF-OS. Try not to > mix > >them up in your mind cause i did that sometime ago > and > >i suffered at their hands. I also learnt the hard > way > >that passion always doesn't pay, it can also back > >fire. > > > > A kind suggestion would be to stay away from > anyone > >pple like RH-SuSE Novell if you feel that > >commercialisation of OS-FSF hurts you. Cause at the > >bottom of it.....he wants to make more money, he > wants > >to be bigger, he wants his bottom line to grow, he > >wants to be the only one to feed Gnu-Linux to > >Enterprises world wide.......!! In a capitalist > >society like ours, you can't call that a crime > >right..????. > > > > > >Trevor > > > > > > > > > >===== > >|------|____________________________________|------| > >( >- / Scaling FreeSoftware & OpenSource \ -< ) > > >/~\ / In the Enterprise \ /~\ > > >| \) \ | www.fsf.org | www.opensource.org | / (/ | > >|_|_ \____________________________________/ _|_| > > > > > > > >_______________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > >http://vote.yahoo.com > > > >-- > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > ===== |------|____________________________________|------| ( >- / Scaling FreeSoftware & OpenSource \ -< ) /~\ / In the Enterprise \ /~\ | \) \ | www.fsf.org | www.opensource.org | / (/ | |_|_ \____________________________________/ _|_| __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
