CA>Hello Thurston -

CA>TA>>>>> I look forward to your experiences.

CA>CA>>>> Linspire is an attempt to commercialize free software
CA>CA>>>> (GNU/Linux) why bother with it?

CA>TA>>> While I am a registered Democrat, and miss the
CA>TA>>> opportunities to vote for Norman Thomas again; I am not
CA>TA>>> adverse to commercial enterprise. I am mindful of the
CA>TA>>> comsiderable adjunction to the art of computering Bill
CA>TA>>> Gates made by buying the DOS from the Seattle club and
CA>TA>>> making it commercially available to many of

CA>TA>> > us.

CA>TA>>> In my younger days I enjoyed bothering with PETSCI, CPM,
CA>TA>>> MS/DOS; but in my later days I more enjoy having my
CA>TA>>> computers working for me with Windows O/Ss. I gave SuSE
CA>TA>>> 9.0 a try and hoped Novell might make it more enjoyable
CA>TA>>> to use, but that hasn't materized yet.So maybe Linspere
CA>TA>>> will make linux computering enjoyable also.

CA>CA>> I see no accurate comparison between Bill Gates and
CA>CA>> Linspire. Gates promoted unproven technology while
CA>CA>> Linspire is an attempt to profit from established freeware.

CA>TA> I apparently didn't make an adequete comparsion between
CA>TA> Bill Gates (and the $25k he paid the Seattle club for their
CA>TA> code) and Michael Robertson (who has invested a great more
CA>TA> of his own money in the developement of his Lindows system

CA>I don't happen to know for a fact that Robertson didn't finagle
CA>others into investing in his scheme and I doubt that you would
CA>know where his money comes from either. He may have invested
CA>_zero_ at this point.

I am not aware of any facts to support or dissuade your equally
unsupported derision.

CA>TA> that we non-geeks can use).

CA>If you _own_ and _use_ a Linspire system then you are
CA>expressing the opinion of a satisfied customer. If you do _not_
CA>then you are restating the opinions expressed in their
CA>advertisedments.

Admittedly I don't own a linspire system, but the tutorial
appeared promiseing for a user. That was what prompted my
initial query here in the Tech echo for hopefully the
experiences of someone who had used the system.

->snipped non-Technical correspondence<-

BTW Does your Web site still have a link to the Peanut programming
team, where I might acquire a copy of the latest Peanut software please?

Ciao, Ack

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