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From: joev@pyramid.res.wpi.edu (Joseph W. Vigneau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 21 Jan 1995 18:33:06 GMT
Organization: Pyramid - the Tower of Power
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Message-ID: <3frk12$1rt@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fpk32$80i@unix.sri.com> <3fqh6a$sl@manuel.anu.edu.au> <3frcki$k5k@ivory.lm.com>
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In article <3frcki$k5k@ivory.lm.com>,
Peter Berger <peterb@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>
>This isn't a discussion of the merits of OS support. This is a religious
>war. You don't care -how- good the support for a commercial product it;
>since it's commercial, your catechism says you're not allowed to like it.
Which explains Cygnus, who sells Linux and GNU support, right? Or Maple or
WordPerfect, both of which are commercial.. Commerical != bad, it's just
that there's a lot of high quality software out there without the hassle of
high cost and strict licensing agreements... And if you have a problem with
your free software, you can pay for support, ask on the net, or even write
to the author of the particular program to get an answer.
Besides, if you feel the need to pay for Emacs, gcc, or Linux, just donate
to the FSF, or send a case of beer to Linus...
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