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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: LINUX DISK AVAILBLE IN CANADA
- Keywords: linux disks available
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.144756.18648@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 14:47:56 GMT
- References: <jen.712077777@unixg.ubc.ca>
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- In article <jen.712077777@unixg.ubc.ca>, jen@unixg.ubc.ca (Zhen Yu) writes:
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- | It seems someone is filling the vacuum for those who want free-unix but have
- | no ftp access.
- | Comments, anyone?
-
- I thought of doing this, but decided that someone would probably
- complain about profiteering or some such. Getting the stuff onto disk in
- the first place is enough hassle to keep people from doing it, so I
- think it would be good for linux in general, but people are too
- political to make it practical. And someone would probably say that you
- have to include the source with the binary rather than make it
- available, which drives the price up by the cost of more disks...
-
- I've had people asking where they can get disks and hardcopy
- installation instructions, so there are people out there willing to pay
- for convenience.
- --
- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
- It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
- understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
- continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.
-