From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 4 15:08:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA13411 for current-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:08:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA13404 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:08:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id RAA01839; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:08:00 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id RAA20703; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:07:59 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19971204170759.15538@mcs.net> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:07:59 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: John Kelly Cc: Terry Lambert , toasty@home.dragondata.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? References: <199712042148.OAA00918@usr02.primenet.com> <348839a9.79109795@mail.cetlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <348839a9.79109795@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 11:17:09PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 11:17:09PM +0000, John Kelly wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 21:48:54 +0000 (GMT), Terry Lambert > wrote: > > >> Why is it a shame to lose users who don't pay anything for the > >> software in the first place? > > > >Because of the economics of porting decisions made by commercial > >software companies, for one. > > But if they won't pay anything for the OS how much will they pay for > some app ported by a commercial vendor? > > John Nonsense. I'll pay what the application is worth, which, if its something I need, might be real money indeed. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost