>From a corporate point of view, I would see this as the most sifgnificatn
reason for change - esp. in NZ. Open source is not relevant unless your a
geek or a hacker or a programmer who like to twiddle.
>From: "Richard Vowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its
>mark on the desktop
>Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:41:12 +1200
>
>This should perhaps go to off topic, but I'll make a comment -
>
>I think the big win is in providing the features that an NT Workstation
>would have without the licensing costs. An organisation with 100 users
>could
>say 1/2 million dollars in licensing costs. It costs around $4k to get an
>RHCE and all the infrastructure software is free. The cost saving is
>incredible! And with MS doing some serious nasties with licensing now (see
>http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/08/0647212) I can see them digging
>their own grave...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Neven MacEwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:37 AM
>Subject: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its mark
>on
>the desktop
>
>
> > Laurence
> >
> > I was working in the computer industry in the 80's
> > Gradutated 1984 set up MWK as MacEwan Wilinson in 1986 and you are
> > somewhat mistaken
> >
> > Comparing early PC Unix (Xenix, SCO, Novell) is erroneous for the
>following
> > reasons
> >
> > 1/ They weren't open sourced
> > 2/ The internet didn't exist
>
>
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