Freespire's Google ads: "What is Ubuntu Missing?"

[Karl Goetz]

Micah Cowan wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 15:51 +0700, Chanchao wrote:
>> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 02:34 -0600, Conrad Knauer wrote:
>>
>>>> I didn't check the website this week, but I'm pretty sure the mission
>>>> statement wasn't updated to 'Linux for FLOSS purists & command line
>>>> wizards'.
>>> Certainly Ubuntu is trying as hard as possible to avoid the CLI for a
>>> default install, but http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu does say that Ubuntu
>>> really is all about the FOSS:
>>>
>>> "Ubuntu is a free, open source Linux-based operating system"
>> In this context (marketing to the general public), and without
>> capitalizing the F in 'free', I think it's safe to assume that the
>> intended message is 'no cost'. 
> 
> That rather ignores the term "open source" above, now doesn't it?
> 
'no cost open source', whats wrong there? as oposed to 'it does cost, 
and is open source' (think Redhat EL)
kk
Karl