Re: [Security Firewall] Florins Firewall

Vincent Danen <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Aug 2005 18:52:00 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.mandrake.security.firewall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 3-Aug-05, at 5:12 PM, Glen Ansley wrote:

> Answering my own questions - this must be bad :)
>
> Sorry guys, I forgot this was discussed at some length on Thu Jan  
> 30, 2003 at 02:22:58AM.
> Which you (Vincent Dean) wrote:
>
> <snip>
> AFAIK, there are not two versions of MNF.  There isn't the  
> "commercial"
> version and the "freebie" version.  They are both one and the same.
> What you get with purchasing MNF is support (ie. phone support),
> priority updates, a manual, pressed CDs, etc.  This isn't crippled
> software.  It's exactly what you would get if you didn't pay for it...
> which you haven't.
>
> You don't get a manual, you don't get pressed CDs, you don't get phone
> support.  You don't get access to the private FTP server.  You have
> *exactly* what a commercial entity would have, should they have paid
> for it.  The software is the same.  The web interface is the same.
> *Everything* is the same.  The difference is, you don't get the
> manuals, support, etc.
> <snip>
>
> Maybe that's where everyone thought that MNF was free?

But that was two years ago for one particular version of MNF (MNF8.2).

Things change all the time.  I mean, we're moving from a 6mos release  
schedule to a yearly release schedule.  Do you feel ripped off  
because of that too?

And that was good... =)  You don't have to bother answering my other  
reply as you just did.

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