Ako hindi ko sinasabing zero-cost, pero sinasabi kong mas mura at mas mapapakinabangan dahil nasa sayo ang control sa software na ginagamit mo.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric pareja Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:52 AM To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Subject: Re: [plug] Re: Ubuntu Founder visits Manila Noong Biy, Peb 03, 2006 ng 03:39:24PM +0800, sinabi ni Orlando Andico: > Whether that's with closed or open source, is irrelevant, but because most > open source advocates keep saying that FOSS is zero-cost, they generally get > turned off to FOSS (unless they have no money, in which case, have at it). That's the trouble. Those open source advocates you refer to don't really know what FOSS is about. Someone should really bonk them on the head with a clue-by-four and get them straight. Linux may be Free Software, but it isn't necessarily cost-free, although it could be... yeah... preaching to the choir, so I'll shut up already. -- ___ Eric Pareja (xenos AT upm.edu.ph) | Information Management Service [IMS] \e/ Network and Systems Administrator | University of the Philippines Manila _v_ [ http://www.upm.edu.ph/~xenos ][GPG: B82E42D9][http://tinyurl.com/68dkm] "Ang hindi marunong magmahal ng sariling wika ay higit pa sa malansang isda." _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
