Subj : FreeBSD
To   : Florian Diesch
From : Charles Angelich
Date : Tue Nov 27 2001 05:16 am

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Hello Florian - 

DD>>> They generally create installation routines, and tweak
DD>>> the overall configuration to their version of how it
DD>>> should be. 

CA>> I don't envision this as a major contribution compared to
CA>> say authoring a piece of software such as GIMP? 

FD> If everybody had to build up his Linux box from scratch it
FD> would be much less popular and therefor much less hardware
FD> vendors would support it. It's not only the software but
FD> also the publicity they give to Linux that is important. 

There are many `ifs'. If RedHat had to pay programmers to write
it it would be more expensive to buy or not exist at all. I
have watched people become millionaires publishing magazines
from the unpaid contributions of zealots. Now others burn CD's
with contributions from unpaid zealots. I see no difference.
One is on paper the other on plastic but the method is the
same. Don't pay anyone, keep all the money. 

FD> If you don't get your video card working with X GIMP isn't
FD> that usefull ;-) 

The reverse is also true. If all video cards did not work with
X people would not randomly buy their video cards. ;-) 

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