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- In article <dusttheg-0305960004510001@slip-61-3.ots.utexas.edu> dusttheg@cs.utexas.edu (Dude Steve) writes:
-
- > You can't charge for linux because of the GNU agreement, so Apple (or
- > anyoneelse for that matter) will never be able to charge for it. It also
- > means that it isn't Apple's product. The only fee you can charge is for
- > distrubution (that's why you see linux for sale really cheap - you're not
- > paying for linux, you're paying for the distribution). Instead of running
- > a MAE-type product on top of linux, I'd rather just set up separate boot
- > partitions for linux and MacOS. Why emulate it when you can run the real
- > thing by restarting? I doubt linux and Apple's AIX will be in real
- > competition, as they're different markets. And MAE is a completely
- > different market. I don't know about A/UX, though...
-
- You can charge for Linux, and many people do. What you can't do is
- prevent the people who buy it from you from giving it away or selling
- it to other people.
-
- There is a MAE-type product for Linux on Intel processors (Linux also
- runs on Alpha, Sparc, and some 68k machines). It is called Executor
- and available from http://www.ardi.com/ - last I knew the educational
- price was $50. (Executor only runs 68k binaries.)
-
- > I totally agree - if you really want to run linux or NT on a PC, go out
- > and get a PC. That's really the only way to do it. The DOS cards are NOT
- > the solution. If you want a Mac but want to run some DOS, Win3.1, or Win
- > 95 software, the DOS cards are a solution, and one that I've been pleased
- > with (and I'm really looking forward to the new PCI cards).
-
- > Linux will run quite well on a 386 or low-end 486 for most people. You
- > don't even need a Pentium. But NT...oh, you want a Pentium! NT's pretty
- > cool if you have the power and the RAM to run it, though.
-
- The nice thing about the pentium is that it drives the 100MHz 486
- prices down.
-
- Steve
- dunham@gdl.msu.edu
-
-