Re:Say it aint so Rhat

[Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From          : klug>klug-request
 To            : adam
 Subject       : Re: Re:Say it aint so Rhat
 Date          : 08/11/99 09:52


>I have a problem with RHAT's new move:  This is THE VERY FIRST TIME THEY HAVE
>EVER MADE ANYTHING CLOSED.  EVER.  Bad Trend.  No like.
>Dammit.  "Dance with the one that brought you."  They got where they were
>with
>free-as-in-speech.  Now they're changing, and I don't think its for the
>better.


I think this may be over reacting a little.  Star Office, Applix, Metroworks,
Informix, and lots of products are closed.  I don't, and lot of people
don't,  hesitate to use them.  If a package is mine,  it my choice (and
ethical either way) if I open it or not.  Unethical is trying to close what
someone else has made open,  Rhat is not trying to do that.  They are
producing a package,  that will INSTALL Linux.  After installation,  that
package is no longer required, so it bears little or no impact on Linux.  I
can just as well install Linux with a Linux boot disk, and dd or tar
depending on my source media.  I can remember having to use DOS to install
Linux in the 0.99 days,  that was closed but it didn't effect my use of
Linux.