From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 19:33:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265A616A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:33:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A0043D4C for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:33:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1D42Fq-000Exq-3w; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:33:02 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050223132325.0f7b7350@jacob.6texans.net> References: <20050223104134.56e8e73b@jacob.6texans.net> <1393306385.20050223174955@wanadoo.fr> <20050223114119.0e37b8e7@jacob.6texans.net> <77014819.20050223194647@wanadoo.fr> <20050223132325.0f7b7350@jacob.6texans.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Message-Id: <93a07213de9c19aafbf0ccb53fbddf6e@shire.net> From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:32:50 -0700 To: Jacob S X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50 autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:33:05 -0000 On Feb 23, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Jacob S wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:46:47 +0100 > Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >> Jacob S writes: >> >>> Good. I'm glad to see the average Windows user looking around the >>> computer store still gets to see an alternative once in a while. >> >> I'm pretty sure I've seen Mandrake, SuSE, RedHat, Fedora, and a couple >> of other Linux versions in computer stores. >> >> A few years ago, I bought my first copy of FreeBSD (4.3) in a computer >> store. Now I can't find FreeBSD anywhere; I had to burn my own CD >> from a download to install 5.3. > > So, FreeBSD is vulnerable to this same hypocrasy; where it is sold in > stores but still hailed as a "free" OS? I think you are misunderstanding what "free" means. Though I think RMS is a closet-communist and dislike the GPL, his description of "Free" is pretty good. Don't think "free" as in "Free Beer"... Chad