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  From: Adam Towill <atowill@picknowl.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:08:51 +1030

Re: Where to get redhat 9 and mandrake 9.1

Hey again....

I always bought my distros from there for like $10 when they came out,
because they were always advertised straight away, and arrived within days.

I do like owning originals of software, at least with linux, its affordable,
whereas even Windows 98 is still $200 in some stores. Why support a company
like microsoft, i will never know, when it is easier, simpler and more
beneficial to support companies like Red Hat or Mandrake. I will take your
suggestions into account.

Also, are there contact details for ComputerBank.. My grandmother saw it on
channel 7 the other day, and suggested i might like to get involved. I
would, and would like to contact them.

Thanks to u all...

- Adam

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lloyd" <dlloyd@microbits.com.au>
To: <michaeld@senet.com.au>
Cc: <atowill@picknowl.com.au>; <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: Where to get redhat 9 and mandrake 9.1


>
> Michael,
>
> > Don't take this as picking on you.
>
> People on LinuxSA wouldn't be hypersensitive, pedantic, sarcastic or
> neurotic would they?
>
> > Mandrake is on the brink of bankruptcy.  Buy an official Mandrake
> > version and support the company that puts the distro together and
> > funds the development of the software that goes in.
>
> I really think that the business model of selling distributions when you
> can download them for free (from Internode or Telstra for example) is
> bunk. It doesn't make business sense, it's not likely to be profitable
> and there aren't enough people who take your stance to make it
> profitable.
>
> Besides which, organisations such as ComputerBank and the CSDN-SA also
> target clients or recipients who can't even afford to spend $2/CD
> because that means there's no food for the children and so forth.
>
> > Everything Linux (http://www.everythinglinux.com.au) and Linux Systems
> > Lab (http://www.lsl.com.au) here in Australia both sell official
> > versions of both Red Hat and Mandrake.
>
> Anyone is welcome to donate money to the vendors either directly or
> through the CSDN-SA; I'm sure the branch coordinator of ComputerBank
> wouldn't mind accepting and forwarding appropriate donations to Mandrake
> or RedHat.
>
>
> DSL
>
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