[ 25 Nov 99 18:12, David Bowerman wrote to Jack Stein ]

 DB> Jack Stein wrote in a message to Scott Little:

 JS>> Has Linux found it's way out of the bookstores, and onto some
 JS>> computer store shelves, such as egghead yet?  I'm a little
 JS>> curious about this one...  I always thought a bit strange that
 JS>> you had to go to a book store to buy a computer operating
 JS>> system...

in your fantasy land, products are sold because they are 'superior' or some
nonsense. in the real world, they are sold for profit.

linux is free. the only way to make money from it is my adding some extra
value to it. this may be just a simple CDROM (to save download time), or
technical support, or a big manual.

my guess is linux is sold in bookstores because it is assumed people will also 
buy one or more forests in the form of manuals to go with it. there's also the 
Hey Buy This Book From Us Get Linux For Free thing...

-- Scott Little, 3:712/848@fidonet | slittle@bbs.slittle.com

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