>> This isn't meant as an insult ,so don't take it that way. >> You sound like others I have "heard". Almost apologetic about >> the fact that >> some distros made a profit, or intend to. >> As though they have somehow "soiled" the O.S. movement with money. >> Profit is not a dirty word. It is a necessary thing in order to >> pay wages, >> build infrastructure, Do R & D, build a better company, Do advertising, >> Secure a future, etc. >> It wouldn't bother me a bit if Mandrake had $40 billion in the >> bank, as it >> were. Provided they earned it honestly, And not through >> extortion, or other >> nefarious methods. Or engage in M$ tactics to further themselves >> among the >> other distros. >> If the above came, or comes to pass. I would drop Mandrake faster than I >> dropped Microsoft. >> Because Mandrake has an example of what not to do. It isn't >> right of M$ to do >> these things, Not because they are M$, But because this behaviour isn't >> morally justifiable.
I totally agree with them making a profit or if they had billions in the bank. I like what they have put out and will continue to do so unless they do move to those tactics... Rob
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