From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 20:24:47 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 7348E16A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:24:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD3143D58 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:24:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id DE5861C00086 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 80B971C000B2 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:44 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050223202444527.80B971C000B2@mwinf1108.wanadoo.fr Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:24:36 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1696077903.20050223212436@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200502231348.59409.algould@datawok.com> References: <20050223114119.0e37b8e7@jacob.6texans.net> <200502231348.59409.algould@datawok.com> 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 20:24:47 -0000 Andrew L. Gould writes: > You can still find FreeBSD at Fry's Electronics and MicroCenter. I > don't know if CompUSA still carries it. I have mixed feelings about > FreeBSD 5.0-5.2.1 being sold in the retail market. How so? Seems like it would be a good idea to me. I see that one can still order 5.3 over the Internet. Since I burned my own CDs I don't necessarily need it (although a more permanent CD would be nice), but if I did buy it it would be mostly to support the project (provided that the project got the money). > I see no similarity between Microsoft and Open Source OS vendors on > either of these points. Perhaps the similarities will become more obvious with time. > Let's face it, without commercialism, Linux development would not have > benefited from the likes of IBM or HP. Likewise, without > commercialism, there would be very few, if any, *BSD or Linux > developers performing open source development for a living. The money > has to come from somewhere. True. It's virtually inevitable. > Fourth, I appreciate all the hard work that goes into developing and > packaging an operating system and its related applications. I am happy > to pay for the convenience of an operating system on a DVD. It's only > fair that the vendor be able to recover cost. If earning a little > profit motivates them to continue providing a great service, all the > better. Fine. Except that distributors are barely doing anything more than repackaging someone else's work. They didn't write Linux. -- Anthony