Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 11:01:36 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nate@yogotech.com, John Howie <JHowie@msn.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Buying vs. "Buying in" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001004105835.05042c10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20001004114506.A24813@peorth.iteration.net> References: <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com> <200010022000.OAA18288@nomad.yogotech.com> <200010022148.OAA11591@usr05.primenet.com>
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>If you buy a new machine from Telenet with FreeBSD or BSD/OS, >I think it would be supported... >But, are you buying FreeBSD when you do an FTP install? No; if you do the latter, it's more like buying INto something than buying a product. This is true of all cooperatively developed and maintained software. The sense of community is vital to the whole thing. This is why territoriality in such situations is so ungood. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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