On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi,
Hi, > 2. Even if the hardware OEMs really wanted to support the F/OSS folks, > and decide to level the playing field, they could sell the highest > hardware configuration, with > > A. proprietary OS, and > B. without any OS or with some F/OSS distribution. > > Technically speaking, version (B) should be priced much lower because > there is no OS, and you don't pay for other desktop software. Would it really be the case? From what I am aware, most manufacturers will load the Windows machines with trial software from *reputed* vendors, which lowers the cost of the machine setting back some of the higher cost. So, now the machine isn't priced too high as compared to the Linux/DOS offering. Thus, making it more lucrative for most consumers as the price difference is low and they have a legal copy of their familiar OS. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
