Hello WilWilWil, On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:14:29 +0200 GMT (10/09/2005, 17:14 +0700 GMT), WilWilWil wrote:
W> I understand your point of view. But how a linux or an OpenOffice is possible and reality, W> and not possible for a mail services ? I think there is no cost, no ads in opensource, W> netherless, we have real good products. There is a costly web site, developers for the W> softs, electricity, etc... Linux as a project is developed by many developers who donate their time. Because they believe it's better, and they want to be part of it or they just have fun coding something that they consider sensible. This holds true for a lot of freeware and opensource software. However, if you find an email provider who can motivate enough sysads and customer service people to maintain the email service for free, you will be pointing to a really chaotic email provider. I think FidoNet went a bit into this direction. As for hardware and servers to download freeware from, I just went to www.linux.de for fun. Guess what I found: There are ads in the subdomain http://jobs.linux.de/ I'm sure that if you look around on other Linux websites, you'll find ads as well. Also, when you download any Linux flavour for free, you will still have to have sufficient knowledge of computing to make it run the way you like it. Otherwise you need to buy a box from a distributor and this will include professional help. Over here, a RedHat Linux is no cheaper than Windows XP, last time I checked. Is this OT enough yet? -- Cheers, Thomas. "The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight." Message reply created with The Bat! 3.61.02 beta under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.60.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
