would you be willing to pay for linux if you had to?

klarnox · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject:

I'd happily pay for linux as long as SCO and companies like them won't get any of my money.

matt2413 · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 48

Not that I encourage this until it's necessary, but I'd pay for solid rsync updates for gentoo. Somewhat like the Redhat Network sales model.

I will never pay for free software that others wrote and released for free. There is a reason they did that, and by and large, it wasn't to make money.

I've payed for redhat distro's in the past, but that was in support of Redhat managing to release (what, at that time was one of the better distros) a solid distro - 7.3

It was outta my software budget at work, so not technically my money, but it was cash I couldn't spend elsewhere. Also payed for a few copies of RAV AV for postfix servers. Solid product as well.

Matt

JensZ · Guru Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Freiburg

hmm i thought the idea bind the whole thing was to be free.
I think that 95% wouldn't pay for linux and about 70% would
switch over to *BSD

matt2413 · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 48

In theory, yes it should be free. However bandwidth isn't always free and servers cost money to buy and host. That's the portion that I'd pay for.

Matt

Anacific · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:17 pm Post subject:

I'd pay for Gentoo if I had the money. SCO won't get a penny out of me.
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Jeff Binder · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject:

JensZ · Guru Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 339 Location: Freiburg

I'm willing to pay for Media or connection, since running such a projekt
is very expensive. But i won't pay a fee like SCO is currently requesting.
As you said it's all about freedom...

Krigg · n00b Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Out There

Ok, we should fight back....if we just complain here and there and do nothing, SCO and companies like SCO will come in and take what they haven't worked for. Linux is popular because of us...the users, techies and geeks that have used it for so long and so loyaly. And now that linux is becoming popular and hitting mainstream, vultures like SCO think that they can cash in on that popularity. Well to hell with them. I say we should all should join ranks. What I mean is that every distro should first consolodate their user base and let them know that we're all going to stand firmly behind Linus Torvalds and his original effort. We could (as all the users) each send him money to be used to start a single entity (Corporation) to fight scum like SCO.

I'm venting.....

I would only ever pay for linux if I knew for sure that it would be going to the people that ACTUALLY worked for it.

:evil:

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carbon · Guru Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 455 Location: New York

i wish SCO dead, lets all put curse on SCO with your own mind power!! :twisted:

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neocui · Apprentice Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 186

I would pay for Linux.. in fact I have.. I preordered the 1.4 CD Set... I paid for Gentoo because I like it. I paid for it because I understand that Linux is free and I am willingly paying for it, therefore I can live with myself for buying software.

If SCO charges me for linux.. they would not get half a cent from me. Because that would be against my will. And if they somehow manage to win the case.. all they would get from me is the finger.

BTW, on a side note... when are the preordered Gentoo 1.4 CD's shipping? Did anyone receive their order yet?

chadders · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 113

Nope, if they made it not free so I couldn't do anything I wanted then I hope someone would fork FreeBSD into LinuxBSD or something like that.

Its just the kernel not the whole dang system.

Chad