[tlug] And they said it was Free?

["Scott McLennan" <scottmclennan@example.com>]

Is Mandrake the only distribution that has Star Office 6?
The graphics on the screenshots etc., seem quite good.
I wonder why everyone is always focussing on Mandrake
and not Redhat or Debian...

This is pretty amazing. You go to the Mandrake distribution
download and get hit with all this stuff about becoming a
member? I mean. Why is that? It's supposed to be free
and yet they are tryng to rip  $120-$1200 a year off you.
Jumpin' Geepers! That really made me funny in the tummy!
Here I was wanting to avoid the words 'credit' card and paying
and pretending I was living in a non-capitalist country etc., when
BANG Im bombarded with requests for money? EEK!

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3

Scott
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