On Thursday April 14 2005 12:16 pm, mb1-knetdome wrote:
I guess what I am attempting to express is that I hope the Open Source
there's no reason to fear or badmouth the free side of the oss community, we compliment each other.
You are right and your example is excellent. I'm retired and have a budget for computers. SUSE 9.3 has been paid for out of that budget. I have no problem with people who can't afford it getting it for free. But I have a friend that just bought a new Apple laptop, A new Acer laptop with XP on it. He has downloaded 9.2 and installed it on the Acer. He's thinking about switching to some other distro because he thinks SUSE will/might quit being free. Given the money he has spent he could spend a few more bucks and support Linux:-) I'll loan my cd's to anyone who can't afford to buy them or I'll help them set up a ftp download. My 9.3 has been shipped and I can't wait. Rich -- Rich Matson Reno, Nv. USA