[ug-bosug] Some thoughts on Simon Phipps defense against Novell

[Sriram Narayanan]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 10:13 PM, S h i v <shivakumar.gn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriramnrn at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hi:
>  >
>  >  http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/osb/?p=357
>  >
>  >  Just a nit pick: Simon says that "We ship a completely free piece of
>  >  software that anyone can download and use without any restrictions.".
>  >  I think that SXDE/SXDE/Solaris is free for download and use, but that
>  >  depending upon which particular download one takes, all the source and
>  >  the distro assembling code and resources may not be free or even
>  >  available.
>  >
>
>  It is in the popular press and lacks detail.
>  Hovsepian's comments (http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/njl/?p=197)
>  are coming from a person utterly uninformed or from a person trying to
>  mis-represent info and to spread FUD. Not worth going into any further
>  detail than what is posted as a response by Simon (at
>  http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=40871).
>

This is a good response to that ill informed and FUD raising interview.

BTW, I ought to have mentioned that the only flaw (if one could call
it that) which I could spot in Simon Phipps response what about how
"free" is the "cmpletely free piece of software" that Sun is shipping.

>  -Shiv
>
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