On June 7, 2004 21:50, Don wrote:
Well...let me that this one step further...
As I remember...linux was SUPPOSED to be this big, open source, FREE o/s and supporting tools/utils, FREE to the community, some kind of a FREE throwback to the commune and hippy days....this big community movement to provide a solid FREE environment that was supposed to be more robust that the virus ridden blue screen of death crap we get from someone else. Yes it still is free. You can download the entire thing yourself and compile it yourself. Work out compatability issues yourself. OR you can pay someone to do it for you....
Well....has anyone tried to download a power-PC version of suse? Is anyone watching what's going on in the red hat arena?
Guess what folks, this stuff is beginning to cost, and cost alot, almost as much as Windoze$. And, I don't see it getting any cheaper.
It would appear that the gratis days are going to be short lived (both power and intel based, etc) and in short order I fear we're going to have to breakout the platinum cards for o/s upgrades...
What happened to the grand idea that everyone was telling me about?
I think the hook is getting set and the fish are going to be start to be reeled in....
JMHO....I could be wrong....nah...:) --------------------------------------------