Jed, thanks i understand that better. so what you are saying is simplymephis is as good as the Gold or silver/premium version.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Jed S. Baer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cluemail@jbaer.cotse.net">cluemail@jbaer.cotse.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:19:39 -0700<br>Yuko Jonah wrote:<br><br>> I want to know if there is any difference b/w mephissimply and the gold<br>> or silver version that one has to pay for. I would like to support the<br>
> development of linux as a newbie or someone who is interested in the<br>> development of the software, but at this time of economy hardship i<br>> thought linux was suppose to be free. can someone shed some light on<br>
> this.<br><br></div>I can't speak specifically to Mepis, but Linux is free. End of story.<br>However, companies can charge for support, reasonable costs for<br>reproduction if they're providing CDs, and "premium" access to their<br>
sooper special websites or ftp sites or whatever they want to try to sell<br>in terms of services.<br><br>If you want to support Linux, donate money to the Free Software<br>Foundation, or directly to a developer, or find some other way. And if<br>
you want to pay for support or other services, that's your choice as well.<br><br>jed<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br><a href="mailto:clue-tech@cluedenver.org">clue-tech@cluedenver.org</a><br>
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