On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 03:36:53PM -0600, Steve Borho wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 03:15:57PM -0600, Marc Davis wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am new to Linux and want to install it in a duel boot config
> > > for Win98. I heard of Redhat, Caldera and now Coral. Should I
> > > get Coral as it is the latest release?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Frank Rocco
Not a good reason really. Linux moves quickly. What is today's
most recent, is old hat tomorrow.
[...]
> I also see that they're bundling some true type fonts with the
> commercial versions. Hmmm. When is Red Hat or someone else going
> to buy/create some decent fonts and then GPL them? They put xfs
> into the 6.0 distribution, but no TT fonts. I hope they get
> something worked out before 6.2. This is something a large group of
> companies could purchase together (RH, Caldera, Corel, SuSe, IBM,
> etc) for the greater good of the community. The current situation
> is a bit of an embarrassment.
>
> What would it take to get a font foundry company to GPL a simple set
> of fonts in return for some co-marketing on the packaging ("To get
> more true type fonts, visit http://...")?
Most excellent idea!. I wonder where Corel is getting these fonts? Are
they GPL? If they are Corel's, a nice gesture would be to 'donate'
them to the cause.
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