On 240206, 12:45, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 12:33:48 2006 > > From: "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:33:35 -0500 > > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On 24 Feb 2006 at 12:22, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > > > > Wherever there's people making money out of free software there's > > > dishonesty. > > > > This is untrue. Many people make money out of free software. There > > is a long history of it and all of it quite honest. > > Sorry. I meant in the CD packing business. > > How can it be explained that Red Hat EL sells for a price comparable to some > versions of Windows? At least, at Microsoft they had the costs of producing > themselves a new, modern OS from scratch.
New, yes Modern, maybe From scratch, not really... > What about some versions of linux totally based on free and GPLed software > selling for $40-50? The price of media? You often get the CD's, printed manuals, reference sheets and some kind of technical support for installation and setup. This is what sums up to the price they get to. Ciao -- Massimiliano Stucchi WillyStudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://www.willystudios.com/max/
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