On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:05:45 -0500 (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote and hopefully I read right:
> On 26 Mar 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > > > 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 > > Hi Ric: > I know it seems wrong that what was once entirely free is now nickled > and dimed to become seemingly as expensive as other offerings. I see > it this way though: > > Cost of OS from CompUSA $30 US > I don't buy every release, but have bought 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1. > I have maybe 10 PCs throughout my house and business and this $30 > is legally able to installed on every one of those. Windows allowed > a desktop/laptop to be installed. WinXP has much greater > restrictions. > > StarOffice, never bought it, but say it's $60. That's still comparable > to the price of MS Works or other integrated packages. If you don't > want to pay that much, how about OpenOffice or a combination of other > packages such as AbiWord, Gnumeric, Kpresenter, etc.? > > Support? I have used Microsoft enterprise support contracts. At one > time I got a very knowledgeable tech support person who fixed the > problem within a few minutes (this for a weird Excel problem with a > huge 20M spredsheet). Other times I was bounced around and told the > problem was Oracle's, or Compaqs, or that weekly reboots were needed. > > Compare the price to WinXP Professional (the only way you'll get a > comparable toolset and server suite) and you'll find that Mandrake is > a lot cheaper. This is without even adding up the prices for similar > tools such as a photo editor, development suite, etc.. > As quoted in Linux Journal March 2002 edition. Results are from Computer Reseller News. Cost of a Windows network solution tested at the CRN test center; $4,688 (US) Cost of an equivalent Linux-based network solution at the same CRN test center; $317 (US) Percentage of cost savings of Linux vx. Windows at the CRN test center; 93 Results can be found on page 8 of the above mentioned periodical. ###### political comment not to be read by repulicans or democrats ############## Why is windows so much more? The cost of a politician just went up since Mickey Mouse started a bidding war. ################### end political spouting ###################################### James > >
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