some nice points to ponder over : Sure, Linux can be downloaded for free, but finding and downloading all the software needed is something only a few of us are interested in. If Linux was a simple download and then a simple install, it would be more appealing. But Linux is not a small file, and it is not simple to install. The free aspect of Linux will titillate a lot of teenagers and poor people, but not people such as myself. Businesses are especially unlikely to care about getting free software when the potential savings is small and the software is lousy. The reason is that successful businesses tend to be managed by people who realize that it is often better to spend money on useful tools rather than save money with inferior tools. Each copy of Linux can save the company a small amount of money, but computer geeks are much more expensive than software. Therefore, a business would save the most money by buying software that reduces the number of geeks they need to hire. Furthermore, if each employee of a company wastes a few hours each year searching the Internet for Linux drivers and Linux upgrades, the company will waste more money on labor than if they had purchased a site license for Windows 2000.
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