On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 01:36:11PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > - it is commercialized, in my view, because they provide support > for $$$$ and is NOT free > ( support for $$$ is a good thing > and if you don't like their support pkg, you can get > support elsewhere > > - if i cn buy a ubuntu distro at the local pc stores, > it's commercialized regardless of what the site says > ( but i do have to go see if i can find it again at > ( fries - palo alto store > > - it is NOT commercialized if you cannot buy the pre-packaged > CD's at the regular stores, but i could have and still would have > sworn i saw ubuntu at the local stores packaged in its fancy boxes
not likely. > ubuntu> Ubuntu Linux is easy to download. You can download a CD image and > ubuntu> burn it yourself using a CD writer, or order a pressed CD from us. > ubuntu> For a limited time we will send CDs to you at no cost, too. > > which to mean implies they charge $$$ for their cd... and yet they also > say the cd's is free ... how does sending it for free imply that they charge $$$? they are sending it for *free*. no money. no shipping. free. > - canonical also promised to deliver hundreds of CD to the > linux picnic that never arrived Maybe you messed it up. I've seen the CD's at several of the local LUG's. > - their "free cd" requires you to provide with email and passwd > https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ > > ( that is not free in my book, to be picky about it ) > > - i do expect to give them a shipping address to > receive the free cd, not an email address because it cost you money to provide the email address? > doesn't GPL also state that you must distribute/release source code > of the binaries ?? ( not just the binaries ) They have apt-source repositories just like debian. > - another area where its flame bait > > - ubuntu says they won't send you the sources on their free cd > (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/support/documentation/faq/shipit) > - that is very bad in my book How many average users (the ubuntu target-audience) would prefer to have source code over an additional 400M of software? I probably shouldn't have even replied to this as it's wildly off-topic. But seriously you do spread a whole lot of FUD. Cameron Matheson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
