All this talk about 'free' being possibly bad and having ulterior motives makes me a little confused.
Isn't Linux and the Free Software movement all about 'free' (as in beer) just as much as free (as in speech)? How can the same people that applaud Linux being 'free' give Microsoft a hard time about giving stuff away for 'free'. (...and I understand that Microsoft's training/products are not free (as in speech), but they are being ragged on for being free (as in beer.)) Seems like an obvious double-standard... Chris On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:05 PM, j...@coats.org <j...@coats.org> wrote: > 'Free' and Microsoft in the same sentence makes it an oxymoron. > > Even 'free' and Google (or any other company) gets me wondering. > > Google's model is usually 'we will put some adds on your ..(drug dejour)..' > > Microsoft is more like Gillette, give away the razor, sell the blades. > (upgrades, > continuing certification, etc) > > Not always, but often. > > Apple, IBM, DEC (now HP) have all been known for their 'educational > discounts' > in the past... Train the new techies/executives on your proprietary > toys, they are > more likely to spec them when they get in a position of power when the > hair starts > to grey. > > This is just another marketing ploy from M$. I just like to know the > real reasons and > where the money is flowing before I believe in them as the tooth fairy. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<nlug-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
