Think about what types of books generally cost >$100... an obscure text on differential geometry written by some PhD over the course of 5 years. To author this book takes a lot more time and sheer brain power than writting Win98 for dummies. You are paying for the knowledge, not the book costs.
I used enom.com. They have a good web based domain named manager and free email/www redirection services and best of all, I didn't get my email sold off and nailed with junk email like register.com does.
I would hate to see newspapers goto an all online medium. The primry reason is I enjoy getting away from the damn computer. I spend 10 hours a day coding and as much and to the dismay of some the overly connected people out there, I do not want to spend more time in front of it than I have to. I enjoy sitting at my table with a cup of coffee and reading the sports section. I enjoy being able to take the crossword with me wherever I go an solve it, all you need is a pen or pencil. No "hint" buttons or keyboards. As much as I love technology, especially computers, there is a point where it becomes too much.
Acutally, I don't know if it is owned or just hosted. The "A Community and VA Linux Systems Production" blurb at the bottom gives me the feeling that is considered a VALinux asset.
My problem is this, t.o is owned by VALinux. VALinux sells computers. Apple sells computers. VALinux is competition to Apple. It comes down to lawyers, trademarks, and two companies worth a billion+ (at least in paper) that can be seen to sell competitive products. I don't think it has anything to do with the open source community and giving back to it...it is business.
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Think about what types of books generally cost >$100... an obscure text on differential geometry written by some PhD over the course of 5 years. To author this book takes a lot more time and sheer brain power than writting Win98 for dummies. You are paying for the knowledge, not the book costs.
I used enom.com. They have a good web based domain named manager and free email/www redirection services and best of all, I didn't get my email sold off and nailed with junk email like register.com does.
I would hate to see newspapers goto an all online medium. The primry reason is I enjoy getting away from the damn computer. I spend 10 hours a day coding and as much and to the dismay of some the overly connected people out there, I do not want to spend more time in front of it than I have to. I enjoy sitting at my table with a cup of coffee and reading the sports section. I enjoy being able to take the crossword with me wherever I go an solve it, all you need is a pen or pencil. No "hint" buttons or keyboards. As much as I love technology, especially computers, there is a point where it becomes too much.
Acutally, I don't know if it is owned or just hosted. The "A Community and VA Linux Systems Production" blurb at the bottom gives me the feeling that is considered a VALinux asset.
My problem is this, t.o is owned by VALinux. VALinux sells computers. Apple sells computers. VALinux is competition to Apple. It comes down to lawyers, trademarks, and two companies worth a billion+ (at least in paper) that can be seen to sell competitive products. I don't think it has anything to do with the open source community and giving back to it...it is business.