[Cialug] Apple and Intel

[Theron Conrey]

Free= freedom Free does not equal cost.
I've sent money to different groups and I've purchased copies of suse in 
the past as well.  Lindows now that's a different story :)

Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>I have paid for it.  Donations to developers and paid-for boxes of Redhat,
>Suze, Mandrake and even Lindows at one time or another.
>
>At some point everyone sells out.  If you want it for free you've got to do
>something for it.  Evangelize, document, program, test, give back, or
>donate.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Theron Conrey [mailto:theron at conrey.org] 
>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:08 AM
>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Apple and Intel
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>Would you use Linux if it wasn't free software?
>I savor my freedoms and would have to say no, I'd have to look 
>elsewhere.  Without that activism, Linux wouldn't exist today.  Free 
>software is what brought us to where we are today with Linux.  The 
>kernel is free.  The tools that developers use are free.  Look at 
>Linus's decision to use a nonfree product (BitKeeper) and the problems 
>that arose from there.  Corp Greed is nessesary for a corp to survive.  
>Companies have to make money.  The more development that moves out of 
>the free environment the less that you or I could fix or adjust.  
>Hobbyists / Developers cannot develop and improve what the can't see.    
>Whatever your answer to the question above is your choice and I think 
>it's fine.  However how many freedoms/rights would you be willing to 
>lose for the sake of convienence?
>
>As for the flaming bag of XPoo.  I had it removed.
>
>Theron
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>Nathan C. Smith wrote:
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>>Dude, did you get bit by RMS?  You are starting to seem a bit 
>>freedom-rabid.
>>
>>Did somebody leave some flaming Windows on your porch?  ;-)
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Theron Conrey [mailto:theron at conrey.org]
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:29 AM
>>To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>Subject: Re: [Cialug] Apple and Intel
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>>I'd pay for OSX installed on great hardware if it was free software. 
>>http://cialug.org/ewiki/?id=History+of+Open+Source+-+Free+Software+Move
>>ment
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>>Theron
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