Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:45:15 -0600 > From: "Andrew L. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > > 1. The developers who place their work under the BSD, MIT, and GPL* > licenses allow for their work

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Let's take gcc for example, how much of RedHat's money goes to gcc? > Well, gcc was there long before RedHat existed, and it has evolved > to meet RedHat's clients needs long ago (why should the quality of > the compiler matter to RedHat back

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:15:03 +0100 > > Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > D

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:54:25 GMT Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:12:14 -0800 (PST) > > From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: B

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The CD packing business funded FreeBSD development for years before > > the Internet killed it. > [...] > I keep my subscription since 1995, even though it's not ecological. > You seem to con

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:12:14 -0800 (PST) > From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > > > 3. Red Hat em

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:32:49 +0100 > > Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > D

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos wrote: > > 3. Red Hat employs many open source developers, many of whom work on > > projects other than Linux (postgresql, for example). > > I don't think this argument applies. It's a bit like saying that Bill Gates > getting richer and richer is go

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Gilbert Fernandes
> I've only kept my subscription to FreeBSD CDs since 1995 in the > belief that it does go... It is from FreeBSD Mall and I read that it > went... sometime... That's what I thought too and that's why I posted about it on FreeBSD advocacy. I do give money from time to time to NetBSD and I wanted t

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> From: Gilbert Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: BSD Mall : to hell > > And I hoped that some part of the buying money would go to FreeBSD as > organization but that's probably not the case :/ I've only kept my

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> > > > 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. Ok, I'm sorry

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Gilbert Fernandes
> Can't you cancel your payment somehow? Payment has been done a few monthes ago. The California Department of Consumer Affairs replied me about the inquiry though : == Thank you for contacting the California Department of Consumer Affairs (Department) with your concerns. Although the informati

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Wherever there's people making money out of free software > > > there's dishonesty. > > This is untrue. Many people make money out of fre

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Liam J. Foy
On 12:45, Fri 24 Feb 06, 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: [EMA

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:45:32 GMT Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: BS

Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 135, Issue 2

2006-02-24 Thread Aaron VanAlstine
I ordered 6.0 in November as well, and hadn't received it by mid-January. However, they replied to my email inquiry the same day and three days later I received my CD set. On 2/24/06 4:00, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send freebsd-advocacy mailing list submissions to > freebs

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Massimiliano Stucchi
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 PROT

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> 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 w

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Dan Langille
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. -- Dan Langille : Software Devel

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Miguel Lopes Santos Ramos
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 08:55:23 2006 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:53:11 +0100 > From: Gilbert Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > Subject: BSD Mall : to hell > > Does anyone have a contact at BSD Mall ? > > Ordered FreeBSD from them November 5th 2005 and we ar

BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Gilbert Fernandes
Does anyone have a contact at BSD Mall ? Ordered FreeBSD from them November 5th 2005 and we are almost at the end of February 2006. 3 monthes and they don't even have in 2 monthes answered any emails asking for explanations. I strongly suggest people to avoid ordering from them. I don't know ho