From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 12:45:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2905416A420 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from miguel@anjos.strangled.net) Received: from mailrly03.isp.novis.pt (mailrly03.isp.novis.pt [195.23.133.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B1743D46 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from miguel@anjos.strangled.net) Received: (qmail 30483 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2006 12:45:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailfrt05.isp.novis.pt) ([195.23.133.197]) (envelope-sender ) by mailrly03.isp.novis.pt with compressed SMTP; 24 Feb 2006 12:45:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 14651 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2006 12:45:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.anjos.strangled.net) ([87.196.202.224]) (envelope-sender ) by mailfrt05.isp.novis.pt with SMTP; 24 Feb 2006 12:45:37 -0000 Received: from compaq.anjos.strangled.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by compaq.anjos.strangled.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1OCjWiE003815; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:32 GMT (envelope-from miguel@compaq.anjos.strangled.net) Received: (from miguel@localhost) by compaq.anjos.strangled.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k1OCjWR5003814; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:32 GMT (envelope-from miguel) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:32 GMT From: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos Message-Id: <200602241245.k1OCjWR5003814@compaq.anjos.strangled.net> To: dan@langille.org, miguel@anjos.strangled.net In-Reply-To: <43FEB6CF.31317.2E7A826E@dan.langille.org> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:41 -0000 > From dan@langille.org Fri Feb 24 12:33:48 2006 > From: "Dan Langille" > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:33:35 -0500 > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org > > On 24 Feb 2006 at 12:22, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > > Wherever there's people making money out of free software there's > > dishonesty. > > This is untrue. Many people make money out of free software. There > is a long history of it and all of it quite honest. Sorry. I meant in the CD packing business. How can it be explained that Red Hat EL sells for a price comparable to some versions of Windows? At least, at Microsoft they had the costs of producing themselves a new, modern OS from scratch. What about some versions of linux totally based on free and GPLed software selling for $40-50? The price of media?