Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2001 07:57:59 -0600 From: Don Wilde <Don@Silver-Lynx.com> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux markets (Was: Microsoft giving back to FreeBSD !!) Message-ID: <3B3F2C67.7542DCD2@Silver-Lynx.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107010629080.20337-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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> You come off like you have an axe to grind. Put it down, breathe, relax, > and think. Commercial software does not automaticly equal bad software > anymore than Open Source automaticly equals good software. > > Jamie Bowden > Hi, Jamie - There are times when I'd like to sink a big juicy axe, yes. As I said before, I use Corel Draw and I pay their fees to be legal. I do think, I judge, and I make the decisions I have to make. That doesn't mean I like the decisions I have to make. I _really_ don't trust any Microsoft machine in my office, but I have few options because software I need (chip design, mostly) doesn't exist anywhere else except on megabuck platforms. As I said before, Corel is making its decisions on a profit basis, as is Apple, as do we all. They have every right to do whatever they please. I'm sure lots of Corel insiders decry the decision to drop Linux support as much as I am revolted by the fact that I have little choice except to allow M$ in my office. -- Don Wilde http://www.Silver-Lynx.com Silver Lynx Embedded Microsystems Architects 2218 Southern Bl. Ste. 12 Rio Rancho, NM 87124 505-891-4175 FAX 891-4185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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