From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261752AbTJFXCP (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:02:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261757AbTJFXCP (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:02:15 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:41097 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261752AbTJFXCO (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:02:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 00:01:53 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Pascal Schmidt , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] Message-ID: <20031006230153.GA2769@mail.shareable.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andre Hedrick wrote: > Use our hardware with Linux, there are a lot of suckers out there with > talnet who will gladly help you with your support issues. This reduces > our support costs because we cans send you to join the rest of the > monkeys, Pinocchio. > > Harsh and reality suck, but I could not believe this is what is being > pitched at trade shows. It is hardly surprising as plenty of Linux advocates have drawn attention to the availability of community support. That's one of the purposes of Free Software. It's considered a feature! (Even if we are suckers ;) -- Jamie