{Disarmed} Re: [Leaplist] The sad state of not knowing the options (with indemnification issues) -- 6 Things to Know About Linux ...

[Ray Brunkow]

Bryan J Smith wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 21:12 -0400, Ray Brunkow wrote:
>   
>> Im not paying $100-$450 for a Linux distro.  No thanks you.
>> http://www.xandros.com/products/downloads/downloads_na.html
>> GNU Linux is FREE as in free beer, not pay for service like MS.
>>     
>
> But that's _exactly_ what you want!
>
> You want to pay for a commercially owned and licensed service, software
> and other details "out-of-the-box."
>
> I blogged this six (6) years ago ...
>
> "6 Things to Know About Linux"  
> http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/10/6-things-to-know-about-linux.html  
>
> 1.  What the Pricetag on Windows Buys You  
> 2.  What Is Community Developed Software All About?  
> 3.  Commercial Companies and Community Developed Software  
> 4.  Why MacOS X is the "Other" UNIX-Like Platform That People Like  
> 5.  UNIX Invented It, Microsoft Bought the 3rd Best (Leftover) and Marketed It  
> 6.  The Distribution Channel is Not a Technical Problem  
>
> In all honesty, helping ignorant consumers is a losing cause in the
> community developed software model.  Helping people who want to be free
> as in freedom, much less finding contributors, is what community is
> about.
>
> And yes, both corporations and government are getting this.  Guess who
> is going to lead people to run open source at home, instead of being
> herded cattle?  ;)
>
>
>   
One of the things that surprises me though is that before Debian got 
into their pissing match with Mozillia, it would of passed this simple 
test with flying colors.  Today it fails horridly.  That is a step 
BACKWARDS not forwards.

-- 
Raymond L. Brunkow
5th Degree Black Belt
Certified Instructor
Choong Sil Kwan TaekwonDo Federation


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