> Posted by: "Robert Citek" [EMAIL PROTECTED] rwcitek > Date: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:34 am ((PST)) > > "The reason we list first is always cost – Linux is completely free, > unlike Microsoft, which charges for the operating system, as well as > for the Office Productivity Suite." > > How do you answer the claim "you get what you pay for"? > > Regards, > - Robert
Robert, I know you're trying to get the ball rolling, and that by "you" you mean "HEY ALL THE REST OF YOU VOLUNTEERS -- WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO ANSWER THIS" and not just me specifically. Nonetheless, the claim is specious. For those without a dictionary, that's: 1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument. 2. Deceptively attractive. Which is a politer way of saying what I think (hint: it comes from the back end of a bull). If you truly believe that "you get what you pay for" then what are you doing at ByteWORKS, where the work is done for free, the children's classes are free, their computers are free, and the software is free? Go to an expensive computer school. Go pay for Dell computers and buy support. And please don't waste our time, we need to spend it wisely. So, Robert, as the man who runs the CWELUG, and who is a stout proponent of FOSS, I will ask you: how do you answer the claim "you get what you pay for"? And for all the list-lurkers: I'm asking you, too. This isn't the "Robert-n-Theresa" show here, much as it appears that way sometimes. Theresa
