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- From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <BxD53L.37n@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Homosexual Fascist Lobby, Rampant Paranoia Division
- References: <Bx5oJz.rI@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <Bx6CD6.BuF@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov6.114310.6436@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:33:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.114310.6436@global.hacktic.nl> peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
-
- >twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- >
- >>Get any one of them and you've got it. Linux, 386BSD, and SCO have
- >>GUI interfaces. Linux, 386BSD, and SCO run in under 8MB -- well under
- >>it, in fact.
- >
- >SCO is much, much more expensive than $300.
-
- How much is NT projected to cost?
-
- >>>ONE unix that runs
- >>>in 8MB installable with X from floppy, from Egghead.
- >
- >>Linux and 386BSD are free. How can you beat that, for God's sake?
- >
- >No support, no handholding.
-
- Support and handholding comes free on the net. I'm seeing a number of
- places in trade magazines that offer support for Linux and BSD:
- installation, troubleshooting, consulting, and so on. So you get the
- OS for free and pay a small fee for support. Competitive, at least.
-
- >>Who was it who determined that "free" is among the three words most
- >>likely to make Americans sit up and take notice?
- >
- >Free in the sense of the GNU Copyleft means freedom, not gratis per se.
-
- You're correct: the Copyleft does not require these products to be
- distributed without charge. Nevertheless, they are. Hence, free.
-
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