[ILUG] OS must be free!

[bscanlan at irish-times.com]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 03:50:21PM -0000, Larry Lart wrote:
> I mean after all they suppose to provide us not just a machinery
> but one which is actually working properly ?! And maybe they are the best to
> decide which operating system will mach the best their hardware
> configuration ... and again I think the competition will be much more open
> and then open source projects will have a good support and some management
> and some money as well ..
>
>  How ? Just like that . just like government's law make ?!!! There must be
> illegal to sell an operating system ... hehe. Just like they will suppose to
> pay for OS instead of us... I don't  know like sponsorship for that system
> developers ...
>  There was a step done in this way years ago . Like they were asking seller
> to always  provide an operating system with the hardware they were selling -
> but I think not those 'sellers suppose to pay that but every single hardware
> producer . like a tax for OS ... a well taxes again ... I don't know ... I
> hate taxes ... maybe there s a better way to do that .
> 
>   Sorry for coming with such a 'crazy' idea ... maybe is just my 'delirium'
> ... or maybe I am just trying to find a way in which we can balance that MS
> dominance and come with a real competition between OS's based on a good tech
> implementation/development and not  just $$$. 

Preferance for a software license isn't good enough reason to economically
restrict an obviously profitable business from selling their software.

Hardware vendors shouldn't decide what runs on their hardware - This doesn't 
lead to better products. Read up on the benefits of the free market...

-- 
Brian Scanlan, System Administrator.
Irish Times New Media - http://www.ireland.com