Came across an article on Hindu, snippet presented below:
Genuine software has become more of an essential need. Users cannot do without original versions of operating systems such as Windows XP, Vista and Linux which are most sought after and are expensive.While I agree that users cannot do without original versions of operating systems [Well, not completely. However for argument sake, lets assume I do], how is Linux expensive?
It hardly costs anything to download a 50MB "genuine" version of Damn Small Linux, or order a free CD of "genuine" Ubuntu!
This is just one of many recent blunders spotted in The Hindu. What is wrong with these people?
3 comments:
some versions of linux are not free, though expensive will be a very big over statement if we compare with Windows :)
Linux [which is only the kernel], can be freely downloaded from kernel.org. FYI the sources of every version is available here.
Your comment : "Some versions of linux ..." is thus plain wrong. QED
What about users who want to buy support? They will have to shell out equivalent amount whether it is for XP or Ubuntu! Just another matter that XP community edition is not available for someone to download and install. They have an alternative mechanism for mindshare. It's called piracy :)
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