On Saturday 08 June 2002 02:16, D. Olson wrote: > However, he wasn't asking about if there was a free program (which > there was and both had been mentioned already), but why a company > would charge money for LINUX software... > At least that's how I read it... But I guess I am the only one.
I think you are correct about what he was asking. It is a natural question, I suppose, for someone new to Linux. Your point was that pay software and Linux are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and of course you are correct. Like you, I have observed that there tends to be a mentality in which Linux people tend to think everything *must* be free. Well, of course that's the goal, and it's what I prefer, but I also realize companies and developers need money to survive. You gave some great examples of how even in cases when we do pay, it is nowhere near what the price would be in the Windows world. In addition to the ones you gave, another great example is any typical boxed Linux distro. The system I can set up with a $30-80 Linux distro would cost thousands in the Windows world. *************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************
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