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<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>They
(Linuxant) put up a page saying why they are charging</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="https://www.linuxant.com/store/faq.php">https://www.linuxant.com/store/faq.php</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>On the
whole I think its pretty reasonable. People like to eat, and that
costs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Why is
it that paying for hardware is the most acceptable thing in the world, but
paying for software isn't?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Both
have a huge investment in time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>OTOH
if anyone else wants to put in the hours to develop a driver and then release it
at no cost, go for it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254241520-29102003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
opinion only</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jethro Carr
[mailto:dodocaptain@paradise.net.nz]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 30 October 2003
7:21 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> LUG<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [wellylug] Linuxant gone
commercial!!!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 18:42, Michael Dittmer
wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT color=#737373 size=3><I> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>Hi All...</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373 size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>I'm going to stir the pot a little here and say "Get Broadband (Cable
or DSL)" and then you don't have to worry about modem
drivers.</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373 size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT
size=2>If you can't afford to get broardband or it is not offered in your
area, I tell my clients who use linux to get an external hardware based
modem, this saves all the problems.</FONT><BR><FONT color=#737373
size=3> </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>As for modems, I'm keeping my D-Link
56k external for when I might need it. :-)</FONT><BR><FONT
color=#737373 size=3></I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3>The problem is that
people with laptops, don't really want to lug a external modem around the
place.</FONT><BR>
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