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Re: (ASCEND) In Defense Of Ascend...
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Matt Holdrege wrote:
> At 09:41 AM 3/23/98 +1100, Damien Miller wrote:
> >This is simply solved by picking a stable distribution of Linux and
> >supporting that. Redhat or Caldera would probably be a good choice.
>
> Ah, but which one? Who chooses?
You (Ascend) do.
> And what about all those ISP's that use
> FreeBSD and NetBSD?
The *BSD family is even more tightly controlled than a commercial
distribution of Linux.
> Another thought. If you are going to pay for an Ascend
> commercial software product, why not pay for a Unix commercial product?
Some of us use free OS's because we consider them superior to commercial
ones, it isn't always about money.
Regards,
Damien Miller
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