[NMLUG] Re: Re: PC World Linux article

[Robert]

> On the other hand, for the greedy capitalists pigs out there, Red Hat
> stock has gone up x5 in the past year.

Uh, I beg your pardon?
First, capitalism is about saving money (capital) and using it to generate 
income ("make your money work FOR you").  The United States is not a 
capitalism economy: it's a consumerism economy.
Secondly, I don't think Redhat is anywhere near greedy.  Priced Redhat versus 
Windows lately? or versus other things?
Third, even if they are greedy, that's the way businesses become over time.  
The more money they have, the more money they want.  If you don't like it, no 
one's forcing you to buy.
Redhat is probably missing for one of the following reasons: 1) Redhat decided 
to ditch desktop and focus on business platforms.  I don't blame them: smart 
choice.  Let Mandrake / SuSE / Xandros / Lycorise / Lindows handle that.  
This may be why the author decided to not use it.  2) That, and redhat 9 is a 
little "dated" when compared to SuSE 9.0 / Mandrake 9.2.  About this, if 
someone's wondering why it wasn't mentioned, they can email the author.
If Redhat stock has gone up 5x, is it due to greediness?  I don't think so.  I 
don't think the major stock market analysts even care about whether a company 
is greedy or not.  In all honesty, they aren't clamoring around Microsoft, so 
if a company isn't as greedy as Microsoft, do you think a stock market 
analyst will notice, or even care?
The moral has been and always will be that you can try Linux for free per 
distro, and then buy the one you want (i.e. invest in them).  I look at all 
the features and advanced patches and such that Mandrake 9.2 has, and I have 
no problem paying for that.  I tried them all for free before I chose one.  
Everyone else can do the same.
We've always known that Linux is free, and that if you pay you're paying for 
support.  Get over it.  You're starting to sound like a troll.


>
> Moral? Invest in commercial Linux but USE a free Linux?
>
> Steve
> Stephen B Browne
> sbrowne at ix.netcom.com
> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."



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