On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:30 +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > On 28/09/06 15:18 +0530, Gabin Kattukaran wrote: > > hi, > > I think you're missing the point here. Getting a fully functional box > > requires you to spend - either money or time+effort. > > > > This is independent of your OS choice. When you buy a box off the > > shelf, you incur M$ tax. If you want to avoid that, you can > > > Or Apple tax (or ...). s/M\$/vendor/. It isn't just MSFT to blame here.
True. I said M$ tax only because that is, by far, the most common. The same could be said for Apple, Red Hat, Novell etc. In essence, most vendors who sell you a per seat license fall into this category. Before the flames begin, I'm not saying that this tax collection is inherently evil. The vendor has spent a certain amount of money+time +effort+ISV arm twisting to ensure that the delivered system appear to work in the hands of the user. This is recovered in the form of the said tax. -gabin -- fast, cheap, good: pick two
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