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Date:      Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:45:30 +0100
From:      "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
To:        "Julian Peterson" <weaver@earthcorp.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Newbies" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OH MY GOD
Message-ID:  <023d01c1a37d$5bd59cd0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <OE23Yzdvo9o4I6k6Acr00009497@hotmail.com> <021601c1a372$c4c79d20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <200201221907.g0MJ7D939739@atkielski.com>

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Julian writes:

> You can still download *everything* (as iso
> images if you wish) that comes with RH Pro from
> their website.

For the moment, perhaps.  But wait and see.  Red Hat is not going to be the
first exception to the rule in the history of capitalism.  As they get
greedier, the idea of giving _anything_ away will seem more and more like
giving away the goose that lays the golden eggs, and little by little, it
will all become proprietary, one way or another.

> The method they choose is through support
> and services, and that seems to be working
> for them thus far.

Until they want more money, at least.

> err, FreeBSD is just like a "distribution", 'cept
> there's only one to choose from.

Good!

> If you don't like the idea of commercial distributions,
> there's Debian for example.

I'll just take FreeBSD.


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