Re: Newbie looking for a UNIX
From: SpamLover (n1jpr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/21/03
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Date: 20 Nov 2003 17:58:08 -0800
> >Most Unix distributions cost some money, especially Linux.
They certainly cost, not necessarily to the user.
There is a tiny bit of ambiguity here, but it's part of the game. All
commercial distros charge for shrinkwrapped, some charge for download,
quite a few ask for an after-the-fact pay registration (perhaps
cheaper for the DL option) to grant access to some update system and /
or some forms of support. Nothing wrong with that.
There are commercial distros that are based on free Debian, and add a
bit to it, i.e. they put in an extra installer / mgmgt software, judge
recent packages for acceptable stability before they're officlally
ripe for the stable tree thus proposing their variation of
features/stability compromise etc etc. You can get pretty good,
totally free systems, or pay for a modicum of handholding. More
options than the software co. will give you.
I keep suggesting to everyone to pay as much as they sensibly can
afford for the OSs they like and use. Either a price or a donation.
If you can't build & scrub the codebase, help in some other way. This
very much applies of the BSDs as well.
In the grand scheme of things, after adding up hardware, time value,
connectivity charges and even power, what most co's ask for isn't too
much of a %age of TCO.
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