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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    Quote Originally Posted by Dayylin View Post
    Guess ya can't read. Yeah, I know what free software means. n00b!!!? Uh oh, leet speak been used. You are a stud. Congrats! oh yeah and in tech terms byte me
    Also in tech terms, someone who bit you eight times would only byte you once.

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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    Whilst I personally won't be rushing to the store, and the OP's ad is not really the type of example I want to see more of, there is an argument for selling Linux products. Perception of price versus quality and use, is not something that existing Linux users perhaps think about, but in the world outside the forums, frankly the perception of 'free' in any of its meanings is either 'it's probably no good' (<--the polite edition) or 'ok, what's the catch?'. Selling it gives it a value in financial terms, which for many people, and businesses, makes Linux/Open Source as a movement easier to grasp.

    We are all trying to 'sell' Linux. Who'd have thought it'd be so hard to sell it for free! For me, it's all about choice, and I like the many distros available and would not want to change that. However, I would like to see some central advertising and advocacy toward Linux. Perhaps if there was a fund setup by the community as a whole to promote Linux, I don't know. I don't mean to promote RedHat, or Ubuntu, or Suse or any individual distro, but Linux as a whole. Heading off topic, will leave that there.
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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    Quote Originally Posted by adam.tropics View Post
    Whilst I personally won't be rushing to the store, and the OP's ad is not really the type of example I want to see more of, there is an argument for selling Linux products. Perception of price versus quality and use, is not something that existing Linux users perhaps think about, but in the world outside the forums, frankly the perception of 'free' in any of its meanings is either 'it's probably no good' (<--the polite edition) or 'ok, what's the catch?'. Selling it gives it a value in financial terms, which for many people, and businesses, makes Linux/Open Source as a movement easier to grasp.

    We are all trying to 'sell' Linux. Who'd have thought it'd be so hard to sell it for free! For me, it's all about choice, and I like the many distros available and would not want to change that. However, I would like to see some central advertising and advocacy toward Linux. Perhaps if there was a fund setup by the community as a whole to promote Linux, I don't know. I don't mean to promote RedHat, or Ubuntu, or Suse or any individual distro, but Linux as a whole. Heading off topic, will leave that there.
    If you really want people to use Ubuntu then don't put a price on it, just tell them it is pirated...
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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    it a great thing to sell free software, i would have thought anyone who puts their code under the GPL thinks the same, or at least wouldn't make any fuss about it 99% of the time, otherwise they'd use another licence. it's not difficult finding another licence, at least i shouldn't think it is. so what's the problem with it
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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    At least the seller tells some real facts.Ubuntu is in fact "ultra secure". Plus he is selling a manual along with it.
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    Re: Gotta love people who sell free software

    Another bugger, here in India was selling Ubuntu for 3000 Rs.
    He also gives discounts . 3000 Indian Rupees is around 60$.
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