Spencer J Sinn wrote: > <rant> > In all fairness to Caldera (who have a foofoo-kaka dist BTW) the article > doesn't mention them charging for the licenses. They, Caldera, may just > be trying to gather information/statistics on how many people are using > their software (like the linux counter project). They may have to track > their distribution of non-GPL'ed software as well (Caldera Workstation > ships with Borland JBuilder, Star Office etc). If they are paying for or > getting paid for bundling software into their dist, you can be very sure > they will want to track that software. > Caldera is a parasite, as are most companies (Apple) that latch on to > linux/OSS(Stormix). They bundle a trailing-edge distro, value-add some > office-type software, dump a million in marketing dollars into it and > say they are *helping the community*. They are business people who look > at people as consumers, and IMHO that is what is at the heart of the > GPL: that people are intelligent, sentient beings that make intelligent, > informed choices and know how to share. > Unfortunately, as the Technical Divide widens, these parasitic, DIFY > companies are going to gain more and more ground. > </rant> OOOOOO0oooooh! You done it now Spenc. What exactly do you mean? Apple is BSD (OS X). Thats a different beast all together. As far as I know Apple has nothing nor ever has had anything to do with Linux. I agree that companies that simply get old technology and put in some sort of Office suite are a kind of parasite. A waiste of everyones time and a delay in the advancement of technology. A sore on the buttocks of humanity. But what does that have to do with Apple? If you mean they took an old OS (*nix/BSD) and simply slapped a really cool GUI over the top then I would have to strongly disagree. I will not state the reasons why at this point because I am still not sure what you are talking about. Please explain what you mean..... sim Sorry everyone. I tried not to respond to this but I couldn't help myself. I'll go now. <lurk on>