Monte Milanuk wrote:
And lord knows they (Mandrake) is just going bankrupt, what with 30% of the US market and growing, vs. SuSE's ~6%.
And SuSE's major market is Europe. That's why they service it first.
My personal view is:
Yes, I will buy the Pro version (about $120 Australian). I still have
the full set of 6.4, and will probably hand that over to one of my
students as an encouragement award. I will probably then buy the
upgrades for the next few releases.
Why do I do this? I don't have a mission-critical setup, nor do I do a
lot of hacking on new applications.
I do this because it is my way of supporting the Open-Source movement. A
few of the dollars I spend get used by SuSE to provide support for XFree
etc, and that salves my conscience for me, when I am enjoying the work
of so many others.
Is it such an alien philosophy, that everyone gives a little willingly,
so that all can enjoy the outcomes?
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