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Author: Hadron
Date: Aug 27, 2007 23:18
...hardware/?p=677 Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that I've learned from using Linux: 1. That I don't have to pay money.... Surely people should pay for good SW if they then use it in their businesses? OSS is not about free (as in money...)at school? The kind of silly statement your are making makes us Linux Users look like the only reason...
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Author: Linonut
Date: Aug 27, 2007 22:56
...hardware/?p=677 Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that I've learned from using Linux: 1. That I don't have to pay money .... Surely people should pay for good SW if they then use it in their businesses? OSS is not about free (as in money... Users look like the only reason we use Linux is to save money. I guess you are a student and "for free" is good...
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Author: Linonut
Date: Aug 27, 2007 22:54
...After takin' a swig o' grog, Sgt. Bilko belched out this bit o' wisdom: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=677 Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that I've learned from using Linux: 1. That I don't have to pay money to get my hands on a credible operating system. You ...
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Author: Hadron
Date: Aug 27, 2007 22:11
.../?p=677 Here, in no particular order, are some of the things that I've learned from using Linux: 1. That I don't have to pay money to.... Surely people should pay for good SW if they then use it in their businesses? OSS is not about free (as in money)... Users look like the only reason we use Linux is to save money. I guess you are a student and "for free" is good ...
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Author: Thufir
Date: Sep 3, 2007 10:34
... Linux? If OS's could be purchased a la carte, and when needed, that would be a good thing. Why should an OS /need/ to be /purchased/ at all? Because it takes time & effort to write. It's... you stupid? [...] Didn't VA give him a bunch of stock? Hardly anyone would be using Linux if you go you could go down to Walmart and select from five or six OS's. The kernel ...
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Author: The Ghost In The Machine
Date: Aug 28, 2007 19:43
... out hardware while powered might do some interestingly nasty things. (WARNING: not responsible for damage to said hardware.) ... the system supports in a forkbomb might do various interesting things, since many don't put account limits on ... use Linux, the less I want to buy into the Mac ecosystem. The more you use Linux, the more you're forced to convince yourself you ...
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Author: Thufir
Date: Sep 5, 2007 11:36
... of money doing the music industry equivalent of porn. I'll bear that in mind next time I send Torvald's a cheque for the right to use Linux. Oh wait ... I don't do that ... nobody does, because it's free (and Free). Don't knock Madonna. Anyhow, someone actually did give Linux a big wad of cash. For all intents and purposes it was charity, but was ...
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Author: Thufir
Date: Sep 5, 2007 11:31
...universe, with Dr DOS still around, and maybe four others, there simply wouldn't demand for Linux as an alternative because that need would be filled by other OS's. I doubt Stallman would agree that those proprietary...that if there were an la carte choice for OS's, competitively priced, that *Linux* wouldn't have probably even been written. GNU predates all that, but Linux itself...
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Author: Linonut
Date: Sep 3, 2007 22:17
..., with Dr DOS still around, and maybe four others, there simply wouldn't demand for Linux as an alternative because that need would be filled by other OS's. I doubt Stallman would agree that those ...I tend to think he's driven by a single-minded pragmatic vision: do not use software that places restrictions on distribution, modification, and distribution of modifications. I ...
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Author: Erik Funkenbusch
Date: Sep 3, 2007 18:39
...model, sure, but, to quote Madonna, it's a material world. In an alternate universe, with Dr DOS still around, and maybe four others, there simply wouldn't demand for Linux as an alternative because that need would be filled by other OS's. I doubt Stallman would agree that those proprietary OS's would fulfill the need for freedom to distribute and modify. Stallman is, to ...
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