On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> Smitty wrote:
> >> Tim Spalding wrote:
> >> Mandrake has had RPMs on their cooker sites for a little while now. I
> >> haven't tried any yet, though. At this rate, I'm probably going to wait
> >> for Mandrake 8 to go gold, download the ISO images, and either upgrade
> >> or install fresh.
i think people should buy from the distros. look how much they have done
for us. the people the distros employ need to have jobs too.
i dont see anything wrong with getting freebees, but if u can afford it
put your money where your mouth is.
:)
> >>
> >> ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/devel/cooker/Mand
> >>rake/RPMS is a good, fast location to grab newer Mandrake packages from.
> >
> > How about purchasing the distribution and help to keep them in business!
>
> Hmmm... Mainly? Been there, done that. Have multiple T-shirts to show
> for it.
>
> Mainly, I'd consider it a waste of material, since I don't really have any
> use for either the support service, the manuals, or even the bundled apps.
> (Open Source is pretty much the way I go, anyway.)
>
> Why force a distribution manufacturer to incur expense for what I'm
> perfectly capable of getting myself?
>
> If someone who's already been using Linux for a while wants to support a
> distribution maker, wouldn't it make more sense to save them the expense of
> a would-be-unused box set and just send them the money directly in the form
> of a contribution?
>
> Think about it.
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