On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 16:00:26 +0100, Anne wrote:

> The thing that makes me uneasy if the quote "Linux's killer app is not 
> Apache, it's cost,".  It has been said that M$ have contingency plans 
> to give away windows if necessary until linux is beaten.  They are 
> stockpiling funds to cover it.  

IMNSHO, that's no threat. As long as the Winblows giveaway is
temporary--and it must be, even for M$--IT people will simply see
that freebee period as the calm before the storm. And M$ can make
Winblows free, but not the rest of the software out there. Linux,
on the other hand, will.

> Let's hope that's another report that's wrong, because cost is *the* 
> big factor in too many decisions.

If Linux and Windows are both free, people will likely start
comparing on technical merits, and that'll put Winsux in an even
worse position. 

Miark

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