On 2006-03-10, billwg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "Kelsey Bjarnason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:31:15 +0000, billwg wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Kelsey Bjarnason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>> That's nice. I'm forced to conclude you can't actually support your
>>>> statement, in light of a concrete counter example, so you're
>>>> admitting
>>>> you
>>>> were, in fact, spewing complete crap.
>>>>
>>> Well you didn't read far enough, kelsey. You missed the part where
>>
>> Where you actually demonstrated how XP is faster, cheaper, more
>> reliable,
>> more flexible, more powerful than Debian, the failure of which would
>> be
>> the admission your assertion about commercial software having to be
>> better
>> was complete bullshit?
>>
>> You're right; I did miss that part. It wasn't there.
>>
>> Do feel free to point it out, though.
>>
> Well, kelsey, you are obviously hopeless, but consider that the
> consumers don't see it that way. They see linux as a cheapo substitute
Oh pulleeeze.
They don't even percieve Linux.
[deletia]
OTOH, DELL will gladly sell you a beefed up PC running Linux
and 60K per cpu server software. They will even stake their own
reputation on it.
Much like a Diesel F-350, Linux is a workhorse system that
the average consumer likely has no appreciation. Even if it is an
Eddie Bauer variant.
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