Niles Collins wrote thus on 6/20/08 1:04 AM:
Ernest there is no humor in that comment what so ever.
Not when you seem to have written something in your sleep.
If some company started to sell linux computers and setup a fancy GUI that was user friendly, locked away the powerful system commands, and wrote some end user software and started selling their computers.
most linux distros are doing exactly this.
but wait, you have to buy their hardware in order to use their OS even though the base of the OS is designed to run on various types of hardware and systems, and their hardware is nothing special that can't be bought off the shelf. That is why i am happy with the GPL. it prevents this from happening.
so, a. is there anything wrong with that business model? b. what exactly is your point? eb _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
