Re: The importance of "Free"dom

["parksie ;-)" <mike_(_at_)_parksie_(_dot_)_net>]

On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 18:47, Jason Dixon wrote:
> This is a perfect example of why it's so important for Theo to maintain
> the "absolutely open" philosophy with OpenBSD.  No feature is worth the
> price you pay when a company like SCO/Cisco/etc. comes calling.
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-981569.html?tag=fd_top

|  "Instead of going after people, we're giving people a chance to
| license," McBride said. Customers with numerous servers will receive
| discounts, he added.

No doubt those licences will be fairly expensive, and possibly
equivalent to the cost of running Windows or some other inferior
commercial system...


Mike.