Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:50 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <93a07213de9c19aafbf0ccb53fbddf6e@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20050223132325.0f7b7350@jacob.6texans.net> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAkUru9e0Xgkm1jphiEj0758KAAAAQAAAAVNKPkcwi5Uq3w6wWDp/biAEAAAAA@video-phones-evdo.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEHPFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20050223104134.56e8e73b@jacob.6texans.net> <1393306385.20050223174955@wanadoo.fr> <20050223114119.0e37b8e7@jacob.6texans.net> <77014819.20050223194647@wanadoo.fr> <20050223132325.0f7b7350@jacob.6texans.net>
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On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 > Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > >> 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, FreeBSD is vulnerable to this same hypocrasy; where it is sold in > stores but still hailed as a "free" OS? I think you are misunderstanding what "free" means. Though I think RMS is a closet-communist and dislike the GPL, his description of "Free" is pretty good. Don't think "free" as in "Free Beer"... Chad
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