Subj : distro
To   : Nightfox
From : Jagossel
Date : Thu Dec 21 2017 06:59:16

  Re: distro
  By: Nightfox to KK4QBN on Wed Dec 20 2017 15:12:41

 >  KK> and thruthfuly.. the OS *should* be free.. the OS is the core of the
 >  KK> machine.. it's what make it work...
 > 
 > I'm not sure the OS should always be free..  An OS is a piece of software, a
 > product that someone (or a team of people) has put time and effort into
 > developing, like any other product.  Microsoft historically has been a softw
 > company, and if they choose to sell their software for a profit (including
 > their OS), I don't see a problem with that.  You don't have to pay an
 > outrageous price for Windows either - You can find OEM copies to buy online 
 > around $70 to $120 or so.  Only in the past few years has Microsoft started 
 > make their own computers.

I agree with Nightfox on this point: OSes shouldn't always be free. If there
are developers who are good at what they do, they should be paid for it. Closed
or open source alike.

However, if the developer spends their spare time writing up free or open
source software, more power to them. Linux is just a kernel that help run the
GNU software, done by one person, who now runs a corporation dedicated to
improvimg the kernel. Same thing with FreeDOS and ReactOS. I love FreeDOS, and
I hope ReactOS can continue to improve and get to the point of being stable
and really take off.

-jag
Code it, Script it, Automate it!

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