On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 01:00, Anne Wilson 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. Let's hope that's another report that's > wrong, because cost is *the* big factor in too many decisions. > > Anne
Even if Windows is given away, there is still heavy cost involved; cost of being online whilst doing updates, cost of an office suite, cost of other software; and there ARE some folks - and IT departments, that are getting a bit tired of the "same old thing" and the same old problems associated with Windows (whatever version); the public is slowly becoming aware of the benefits of a non-Windows environment and the lack of problematic issues - such as viruses, trojans, spyware... stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man. -- Trotsky
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