On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:16:31 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
> Mark Kent wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Apples and bananas
>>>
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>>> | This statement is incorrect in almost every sense. To go through it
>>> | point for point:
>>> |
>>> | * Linux is a great example of the old adage "you don?t get owt for
>>> | nowt": I assume Mr Benson is referring to the GNU/Linux distributions
>>> | rather than the Linux kernel itself, and in particular to desktop
>>> | distributions, nonetheless my reply concerns all these...
>>> |
>>> | * [GNU/Linux] is not free: Actually it is. Both the GNU/Linux
>>> | Distributions and the Linux kernel are free in almost all senses
>>> | of the word...
>>> |
>>> | * [Y]ou pay for the support of [GNU/Linux]: I do not know about you, or
>>> | Mr Benson, but I do not pay for GNU/Linux support as I support my
>>> | sites myself.
>>> |
>>> | * There are so many flavours [of GNU/Linux] that it dilutes any potent-
>>> | ial attractiveness: What a curious thing to say. Taking that argument
>>> | to its logical conclusion would be like saying a cafï should not sell
>>> | ice cream because the attractiveness of that is diluted due to too
>>> | many flavours available.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/apples_and_bananas
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>> O' course tha' doesn't get owt for nowt, but tha does get a bl**dy good
>> OS for the price o' a download if tha' chooses linux. Or, tha' could
>> spend far t'much and get summat proprietary.
>>
>> Tha tek's tha choices.
>>
>> Linux - provides choices.
>>
>
> Eeee la', but di'nt ye know tha' choice flumexes 'em sheep wi' nowt
> oopstairs?
Aye well, yon sheep ud sooner 'ave t' Farmer Blammer feedin' 'em wi' shite
all nice an' cozy liek, rather than 'av ter think fer thersen.
--
"I didn't know what I was signing -
they held an enormous cheque over my eyes."
-- Alexei Sayle, UK comedian --
Reminds me of Novell/M$ deal...
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