Ric Tibbetts wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 22:30, Brian Parish wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 16:48, Ric Tibbetts wrote:
> > > Seems to me that Linus' little "free" operating system is now costing as
> > > much as windows, without the benefit of the off the shelf software.
> > > Don't believe me? Add it up.
> > > Average charge per new releass:
> > > $69.00 per release. x 2 realeases per year. $138.00
> > > Shipping: $15.00 per boxed set 30.00
> > > "The Club"
> > > $10 per month x 12
> > > (Remember, you need to belong to the
> > > $10 per month club to get Staroffice 6.0) 120.00
> > > ---------
> > > Cost of Mandrake, per year: $288.00
As others have said, either boxed or club for SO.
> > > Congratulations. For the home user, the cost of ownership of Mandrake
> > > has exceeded the cost of Win2k. And you can't even go down to the local
> > > software store and buy a game for it. Or a business accounting package,
> > > or a decent CD Label Printing Package. or....
> > Hang on Ric - I won't flame you, but I will correct your math.
> > StarOffice 6 comes IN the boxed set, so let's start by revising the
> > figures down to $168. Now we can flame accurately ;-)
> 6.0 is in the boxed set?
> Are you sure about that?
> Dang. Changes my whole formula.
> Ok, so now it only costs as much as Win XP
XP and W2K come with neither SO nor M$ Office, not ready for real work.
Now add the price of Adobe Photoshop and you've doubled the cost. Plus,
you get to buy XP and M$ Office for each and every motherboard, since
the install will expire without submitting your vital statistics to M$
for permission to continue. Then you get the bonus of periodic required
upgrades. Last, your virus enabled system will require you pay
additionally, periodically, and through added system overhead to
minimize your virus risk.
OTOH, the open source choice is bundled with more apps than anyone will
ever use, for which upgrades are optional, as with the OS.
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