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Re: RedHat in Israel
Hello,
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, guy keren wrote:
> with low-to-nil income. for them, to buy a free operating system for over
> 300 NIS is not reasonable. they'd rather download it using a modem for 3
> or 4 nights for a few shekels, even if it is inconvenient. and me - i
> won't buy it, since i don't need to commercial products that come with
> official redhat linux - i'd prefer buying it from cheapbytes, and i don't
> see any company intending to import those cheap distributions any time soon
> - it's not profitable enough for them, i guess.
I agree with you, and I'd like to add that importing $1.95 Cheapbytes
disks and selling them for $10 (I know you are screaming) would net the
importer a small profit, and yet keep the goods at about NIS 49 which is,
IMHO, affordable for most people, as well as keep the
not-so-socialist-minded importers somewhat in the black numbers.
> ofcourse, unlike some other people here, who claim to represent the list -
> i only represent myself. i'd like to take this opportunity and ask people
> to stop claiming to represent the list - the list had not nominated a
> spokeseman yet, did it?
This is something I wanted to say before, and I fully agree with you on
this, too. There is no spokesperson for this list, and self-appointed ones
are not welcome imho. Until further notice, everyone speaks for himself,
including yours truly.
0.02 Ag.
Peter