On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:23:51 -0800, Reporter wrote:
> On Mar 9, 10:42 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> "Open Source Means You Have to Be Better."
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | How can a company give away its flagship product and still make money?
>> | Ask Red Hat, because it's doing a great job at doing just that.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | But I digress. With Red Hat Linux, what you see is what there is.
>> | There's nothing sneaky. You don't to set up a special server to
>> | calculate your software license costs and to monitor compliance. You
>> | don't need to phone home to the mother ship for permission for every
>> | little thing. Service contracts are priced per machine, not per CPU
>> | or CPU core. The stormtroopers, pardon me, that's such a common typo
>> | that I make all the time, I mean the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
>> | won't raid your premises, turn your business inside out, and then
>> | demand tribute. Red Hat doesn't treat customers like enemies, and
>> | they don't put up artificial barriers to lock customers in.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3664736
>
> Open Source means you are a Geek who spits in the faces of your
> customers. You whine about Microsoft predatory practices then impugn
> your credibility by claiming Microsoft has no market share. Your
> documents take forever to download from the internet. The dates,
> scope, and applicability of your documentation is vague and
> inconsistent. You beat your chest, hang from a tree by one hand, and
> eat your banana. You are a zoo exhibit.
And you are a lying idiot.
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Kier
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