From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 19:27:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D1FC16A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:27:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D215343D31 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:27:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from runaround.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA06248; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:27:11 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20041201122606.05bbd928@localhost> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:27:04 -0700 To: Paul Robinson , chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <20041201165454.GJ68012@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <20041201165454.GJ68012@iconoplex.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: And now, the Linux is near... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:27:23 -0000 They're entitled to do it if they can persuade people that they have added enough value for it to be worth the money. That's part of the BSD philosophy: to allow people to make money from value-added versions of the software. --Brett Glass At 09:54 AM 12/1/2004, Paul Robinson wrote: >... it's time to face, the final curtain. > >Inspired by the 3945634956295425258695 Linux distributions currently on >offer and seeing the relative ease with which DragonFly got off the >ground, it would appear, a few kids are trying to sell Free/DragonFlyBSD >without adding a huge amount: > >http://www.crescentanchor.com/ > >My favourite bit is with the Gold edition you get all those lovely >languages that are simply just too expensive to get hold of for humble >FreeBSD. > >I seem to remember seeing a couple of outfits like this a few years >back. Where did they all go? Did some gullible purchasing officer get >suckered in, order 100 server licenses and the kids ran off with all the >money? > >-- >Paul Robinson > >http://www.iconoplex.co.uk/ >"All I know is I'm not a Marxist" - Karl Marx >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"