primm wrote: > <snip>
> Hi and thanks Joe. You give me new hope. > > > Another doubt I had was as to whether this list was also for people using > opensuse commercially. Maybe I'm breaking the law making money indirectly > from opensuse. I don't mind paying for support but the advice here is all I > need. > <snip> > Love and kisses from Lynn. > Ok Lynn, You've managed to hit my hot button. This is exactly what is wrong, and I mean what is REALLY WRONG with *US* now days. Microsoft has so poluted our collective minds that it has convinced us that it is somehow illegal for us to actually EARN a living using the software we have purchased (or in their case, rented). Virtually everything their OS does is check to see that the user is doing what Microsoft feels is to the benefit of Microsoft and not to the benefit of the equipment owner and the benefit of the user of the product. Linux on the other hand, in its' many flavors, including SuSE, spends *all* of its' time doing what the owner of the equipment wants, doing what is best for the user, doing what is potentially most profitable for the user of the OS and not for the worlds already richest individual or the company he is associated with. No lawyers are waiting on an owner of a Linux machine to fail to put in some 20 or 60 digit proof of purchase CD code followed by endless CPU cycles to ensure you don't have equipment failures and move the software to replacement equipment "properly". In fact, Linux encourages you to distribute it freely and use it in the way YOU want it in the way it best benefits YOU! When Linux fails to do these things, it is because of a malfunction, not design or legalities, and there are literally thousands of people out in the world working, largely for free, to fix those bugs. Where companies like Novell make their money is not by selling Linux, but by selling support and expertise. There is nothing wrong with that. They give Linux away (except for the cost of the media and paper) and earn their money by conducting seminars, sending support engineers out, helping design installations, answering technical questions to those that are willing to pay for that information. They don't have to pay people to verify 60 digit CD codes were legally obtained by you from a particular store for a particular machine with a CPU having certain disk drives in it. What a world Microsoft has created! It makes honest people *think* they are thieves!!!! Lynn, STOP feeling guilty about USING Linux and certainly stop feeling guilty about asking for help, whether or not you eventually make a profit from the information is irrelevant. Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
