[plug] Xandros Desktop OS Business Edition 2.5

[Brock Woolf]

Yeah sure, i understand the part that u have 2 pay, fair enough. But is 
there anyway at all that i can get it free, but otherwise i'll be 
prepared to pay, just not $220  AUD for it.


Garry wrote:

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> Brock Woolf wrote:
> | Hey, I need a little help with this. OK now for like 2 weeks I've been
> | trying to find somewhere i can download Xandros Business Edition 2.5 
> but
> | with no luck, I've searched near and far, I've googled around but i can
> | find anywhere to download it. My its fully proprietary? but hang on
> | isn't Linux founded on the fact that it should be free? Maybe I've
> | missed something. I was just down at the local news agency and to my
> | surprise found a FULLY working copy of it on a magazine cover.
> | Hallelujah!.... or so i thought. Taking a closer look there was a 
> little
> | * with the text "Functional for 30 Days Only" next to it. Damn... 
> grrrr.
> | So anyways i hope someone might have an answer for me cause I've read
> | and see some really cool stuff it can do but I just can't get my hands
> | on it. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Brock,
>
> Xandros SELL this product. If you pay for it, they'll let you download
> it...  http://shop.xandros.com/product_info.php?products_id=84
> It'll cost you about US$130.
>
> Or they'll send it to you. It is not a free download.
>
> Open Source does not neccesarily mean it is free of a purchase price.
>
> HTH
>
> Garry
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