Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:39:05 -0700 From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> To: List Free Bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare Message-ID: <7aebe1538dfd51de187ba9637e3db956@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <93a07213de9c19aafbf0ccb53fbddf6e@shire.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> <93a07213de9c19aafbf0ccb53fbddf6e@shire.net>
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On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > 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"... > > As a follow up <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html> I am not saying I agree or disagree with everything written, but it gives a good idea of what "Free" means as in "Free Software." Chad
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