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 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 9.0
CA>TA> a try and hoped Novell might make it more enjoyable to use,
CA>TA> but that hasn't materized yet.So maybe Linspere will make
CA>TA> linux computering enjoyable also.

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

I apparently didn't make an adequete comparsion between Bill Gates
(and the $25k he paid the Seattle club for their code) and Michael
Robertson (who has invested a great more of his own money in the
developement of his Lindows system that we non-geeks can use). I
haven't seen any *inux people bad mouthing Robertson, as they do
Gates; so I surmize he has paid for what ever he is useing that
was created by others.

CA>You can get the same thing for free, why pay this charlatan?

Just a simple old timer who doesn't mind paying his way I guess.

Ciao, Ack.
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