Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:52:29 +0100 From: Massimiliano Stucchi <stucchi@willystudios.com> To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <miguel@anjos.strangled.net> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell Message-ID: <20060224135229.GG56780@willystudios.com> In-Reply-To: <200602241245.k1OCjWR5003814@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> References: <43FEB6CF.31317.2E7A826E@dan.langille.org> <200602241245.k1OCjWR5003814@compaq.anjos.strangled.net>
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--OzxllxdKGCiKxUZM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 240206, 12:45, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > From dan@langille.org Fri Feb 24 12:33:48 2006 > > From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> > > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <miguel@anjos.strangled.net> > > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:33:35 -0500 > > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > > Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org > > > > On 24 Feb 2006 at 12:22, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > > > > Wherever there's people making money out of free software there's > > > dishonesty.=20 > > > > This is untrue. Many people make money out of free software. There=20 > > is a long history of it and all of it quite honest. >=20 > Sorry. I meant in the CD packing business. >=20 > How can it be explained that Red Hat EL sells for a price comparable to s= ome > versions of Windows? At least, at Microsoft they had the costs of produci= ng > themselves a new, modern OS from scratch. New, yes Modern, maybe =46rom scratch, not really... > What about some versions of linux totally based on free and GPLed software > selling for $40-50? The price of media? You often get the CD's, printed manuals, reference sheets and some kind of technical support for installation and setup. This is what sums up to the price they get to. Ciao --=20 Massimiliano Stucchi WillyStudios.com stucchi@willystudios.com Http://www.willystudios.com/max/ --OzxllxdKGCiKxUZM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD/w+dFwcpJfdZDoERAsCSAJkBcPqTNrHwn5uvJfK3QVJ/92otHwCfdF1T xUcNbJYx7KX3YIe5v5TG+pA= =JT00 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OzxllxdKGCiKxUZM--
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