From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 18:46:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B50BD16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:46:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B7343D45 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:46:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 93D851C000AB for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6DB3E1C0009B for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:48 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050223184648449.6DB3E1C0009B@mwinf1103.wanadoo.fr Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <77014819.20050223194647@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050223114119.0e37b8e7@jacob.6texans.net> References: <20050223104134.56e8e73b@jacob.6texans.net> <1393306385.20050223174955@wanadoo.fr> <20050223114119.0e37b8e7@jacob.6texans.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:46:49 -0000 Jacob S writes: > Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the > computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, and a couple of other Linux versions in computer stores. A few years ago, I bought my first copy of FreeBSD (4.3) in a computer store. Now I can't find FreeBSD anywhere; I had to burn my own CD from a download to install 5.3. > So, where on www.debian.org do you see them trying to sell something? On the first page, with the ad for XS4ALL. If you click on "Getting Debian," the first option given is purchase of the CDs. > But Linux was compared to Microsoft, which would indicate that some > consider it to be giving in to evil influences. I don't think the trend towards commercialism is healthy, noble, or altruistic, although it's understandable. But it's a bit hypocritical of Linux fans to claim disdain for the Microsoft-style business model when they are following precisely in Microsoft's footsteps themselves. Of course, this was inevitable, but the Linux crowd never understood that. -- Anthony