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RE: [Plug] Linux 6.0 for $49.95
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right, but when you pay you are getting 3 things:
1) Tech Support
2) additional documentation
3) The warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you are helping to pay for the hard
work of the best Linux developers.
Many people who pay for the retail box do it for one of those reasons, and
they're all quite valid.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Mari Orie
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 9:33 AM
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: RE: [Plug] Linux 6.0 for $49.95
>
>
> But Red Hat, like the rest, is obligated by the GPL to
> provide the software gratis to all comers...
>
> Cheapbytes sells the GPL Red Hat 6 for $1.89.
>
> --- Jack Wilkinson <jackw@jounce.net> wrote:
> > and I forgot to mention that RedHat funds a large
> > number of the most
> > important Linux developers, such as Alan Cox, who
> > has contributed just as
> > much if not more to the Linux kernel than Linus.
> > That might not be the case
> > were it not for his paycheck from RedHat. They do a
> > lot for the community,
> > more than most give them credit for.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf
> > Of Jack Wilkinson
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 12:15 AM
> > > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > Subject: RE: [Plug] Linux 6.0 for $49.95
> > >
> > >
> > > since 6.0 ;-) And you pay for docs and support,
> > not the Linux,
> > > or at least
> > > that's what I'd like to believe.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf
> > Of Eric Windisch
> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 12:46 AM
> > > > To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> > > > Subject: Re: [Plug] Linux 6.0 for $49.95
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Brent Stoltzfus wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I got the following email from Peaksoft and
> > thought I'd pass it on.
> > > > >
> > > > > Because of our special relationship with
> > XOOM.com, we're able
> > > > to offer you
> > > > > Red Hat Linux 6.0 - the newest, best and
> > easiest Linux
> > > > distribution ever -
> > > > > for the lowest price ever, only
> > > > > $49.95!!! That's $30 off the retail price!
> > This software is so
> > > > good that
> > > > > XOOM.com uses RedHat Linux to run its own web
> > site!
> > > > >
> > > > > http://orders.xoom.com/rhl6i/ppsrhl6i0914/
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > What a great deal.. you can buy a bundle of
> > overpriced free software.
> > > >
> > > > Since when was redhat's retail box $80 ??
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Eric Windisch
> > > >
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