* Doug McGarrett
/rant/
I guess his name should be yahoo, not wahoo, but somebody took that already.
and perhaps your, 'don't dig' instead of doug
I did not get SuSE Linux for free, I paid something like $70 for it.
Good for you. Mine cost us$89.95. And I have purchased every Pro version since 7.0.
I would like it to work just about as well as its hated competitor. I am NOT bad-mouthing Linux, I am trying to live with it, and SOMEDAY be able to use it exclusively.
A re-read prior to posting then might adjust the tone of your post??
That day is obviously not here.
Some studying of TFM and other pub's about unix/linux then might help. ....
I have supported the Linux "movement" since the mid 1990's with my hard-earned dollars.
Must be a retension problem then.
I have never downloaded a freebie.
You have *never* downloaded an application for use in linux?? Or do you mean that you paid the author of the application that you downloaded?
For all this, I think I deserve some results.
I have paid Social Security (US) for over 50 years. I deserve more retirement benefits.
And Mr. Shanahan seems to think that it is a sin to pay money for a program that works.
Your words, not mine and not my thoughts.
I suppose he d/l's all his Linux vers from the net for nothing.
answered above.
I, on the other hand, have no compunction against sending some programmer a fair price for a good program that works.
You are paying the programmers or the packagers, who, I realize, do a great deal of programming, also???
Or even to send a big company like Corel or Borland some bucks for a program I need. Linux is NOT free beer. I think most of us know that.
/rant off/
Phew... I am glad that you indicated that there was ranting involved, as I doubt that much thought was. have a gud day -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos