On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible to buy
today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight
That is 150 EUR and who want Vista anyways?.
But even so, for that money you get exactly nothing
Op ma oktober 29 2007 09:03, schreef Aniruddha:
(snip)
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am
absolutely not Windows minded however looking at the figures SLED
becomes very difficult to sell:
Yeah, right. You forgot a couple:
Apples 1.99 Eur/kilogram
Oranges 0.30 Eur apiece
Regards,
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If you don't plan on contributing with arguments please don't say
anything at all.
How is You are comparing apples with oranges on
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:53 +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Aniruddha wrote:
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am
absolutely not Windows minded however looking at the figures SLED
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:29 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
Op ma oktober 29 2007 09:03, schreef Aniruddha:
(snip)
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am
absolutely not Windows minded however
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:53 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
But I can only repeat the arguments of Anders that you either don't get or
don't want to get:
Windows XP is a bare OS that you have to spend a lot of money on in buying
extra programs to get anything done at all.
That is no true. last
It's an statement, not an argument backed why facts. A good argument
would be It seems to me that you comparing apples to oranges
because
Or, as it is your problem, you could tell yourself What is this guy trying to
tell me? Can I use his input to get a better understanding of my
Aniruddha wrote:
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am
absolutely not Windows minded however looking at the figures SLED
becomes very difficult to sell:
Windows XP7yr support
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:45 +0100, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Yeah, right. You forgot a couple:
Apples 1.99 Eur/kilogram
Oranges 0.30 Eur apiece
Regards,
--
Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704
If you don't plan on contributing with arguments please don't say
Op ma oktober 29 2007 09:35, schreef Aniruddha:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:29 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
Op ma oktober 29 2007 09:03, schreef Aniruddha:
(snip)
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source)
Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:53 +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
Aniruddha wrote:
Let me explain my myself. As the owner of an IT company I am always
looking to provide my customers the best (Open Source) solution. I am
absolutely not Windows minded however looking at the figures
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:27 +0100, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
It's an statement, not an argument backed why facts. A good argument
would be It seems to me that you comparing apples to oranges
because
Or, as it is your problem, you could tell yourself What is this guy trying
to
tell
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:36 +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
So I wouldn't expect any lower downtimes or costs when you'd use Gentoo.
Sorry but I don't believe that Gentoo is doing a great job in keeping
compatibility and stability (over for example 7 years) so that you would
have to invest a
Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:17 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 29 October 2007 01:13:02 Mike McMullin wrote:
XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in the
last 4 weeks, proper boxed version.
The OEM edition is only legal
Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:36 +0100, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
So I wouldn't expect any lower downtimes or costs when you'd use Gentoo.
Sorry but I don't believe that Gentoo is doing a great job in keeping
compatibility and stability (over for example 7 years) so that you
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 07:26 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Mike McMullin wrote:
I only wanted the OS for my son who insisted on Windows for his desktop
system.
You try your best to raise your kids well, but some of them still go
wrong. ;-)
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Mike McMullin wrote:
I only wanted the OS for my son who insisted on Windows for his desktop
system.
You try your best to raise your kids well, but some of them still go
wrong. ;-)
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On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:39 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
Which software are your referring to?
Office et al. Only now it has become clear that you apparently are targeting
the home user, which makes this whole discussion rather pointless. The
knowledgeable home user may get a whole slew of
Op ma oktober 29 2007 10:08, schreef Aniruddha:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:53 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
But I can only repeat the arguments of Anders that you either don't get
or don't want to get:
Windows XP is a bare OS that you have to spend a lot of money on in
buying extra programs to
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 13:02 +0100, Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 12:39 +0100, Jos van Kan wrote:
Which software are your referring to?
Office et al. Only now it has become clear that you apparently are
targeting
the home user, which makes this whole discussion rather
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 08:22 -0500, Bryen wrote:
Non-sense there is more than enough freeware for Windows, you only have
to look for it. And in regard to MSoffice There aren't any compulsory
subscription fees after your initial purchase.
I don't think you're accustomed to the problems
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 14:42 +0100, Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 08:22 -0500, Bryen wrote:
Non-sense there is more than enough freeware for Windows, you only have
to look for it. And in regard to MSoffice There aren't any compulsory
subscription fees after your initial
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:12 -0500, Bryen wrote:
First of all, because it is clear you are using Evolution, please use
Ctrl+L when replying to a list post. Otherwise, I (we) get a double
email from you.\
Hey I always use CTRL+l only the last mail was a mistake :(
Now, What can Novell
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 15:30 +0100, Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 09:12 -0500, Bryen wrote:
First of all, because it is clear you are using Evolution, please use
Ctrl+L when replying to a list post. Otherwise, I (we) get a double
email from you.\
Hey I always use CTRL+l
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:01 -0500, Bryen wrote:
Do you happen to know if they have something like that for home users?
Well, Novell, as a business, is targeted towards corporate markets
rather than home markets. For the home market, openSuse would be the
alternative. I don't see Novell
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 17:49 +0100, Aniruddha wrote:
Thank you, this is a very good explanation. In conclusion we can say
Novell has a good solution for corporations (small or huge). For home
users openSUSE would be their best choice. The only downside I see is
the short life cycle of two
Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:01 -0500, Bryen wrote:
OpenSuse has alot of packages right out of the box. But, SLED is
stripped down to only support the needs of a typical corporate
environment.
and, may be the most important, the support of Novell is for all the
included
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is that true? I wonder why, in this case, the enhancement are not
ported upward to ooo?
they are but not in all cases and not always (ever) quickly
aiui, all Novell *enhancements* are suggested/provided
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 20:21 +0100, jdd wrote:
Aniruddha wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 10:01 -0500, Bryen wrote:
OpenSuse has alot of packages right out of the box. But, SLED is
stripped down to only support the needs of a typical corporate
environment.
and, may be the most
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature updates, plus support
Anders
--
Does this mean that when you only pay 50 EUR for one year you don't get
On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote:
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature updates, plus support
Anders
--
Does this mean that when
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote:
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 28 October 2007 23:39:45 Aniruddha wrote:
On Sat, 2007-10-27 at 18:31 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
That, plus other kinds of bug fixes and feature
On Sunday 28 October 2007 16:14, Anders Johansson wrote:
...
But if none of this is important to you, you're probably better off
with opensuse. Remind me, the free version of Windows is called.?
Ubuntu, I think, though the comforting challenges to your right to run
it are absent, and
On Monday 29 October 2007 01:13:02 Mike McMullin wrote:
XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in the
last 4 weeks, proper boxed version.
The OEM edition is only legal if you put together boxes for sale, you're not
allowed to buy it as an end user
If you put together
On Sunday 28 October 2007 17:13, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
...
WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible
to buy today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get your facts straight
XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes
On Sunday 28 October 2007 17:17, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 29 October 2007 01:13:02 Mike McMullin wrote:
XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in
the last 4 weeks, proper boxed version.
The OEM edition is only legal if you put together boxes for sale,
Aniruddha escribió:
openSUSE
'Security patches' have 'Limited availability. What do they mean with
that? And does it really cost 50 EUR per year to get security updates?
openSUSE security patches are available for two years...what you pay for
the boxed set is the media, installation support
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 01:17 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Monday 29 October 2007 01:13:02 Mike McMullin wrote:
XP-Pro OEM for $145 USd (includes Michigan Sate Taxes, etc.), in the
last 4 weeks, proper boxed version.
The OEM edition is only legal if you put together boxes for sale,
On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 17:19 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Sunday 28 October 2007 17:13, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 00:14 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
...
WinXP Home Edition cost 199 USD, Professional is almost impossible
to buy today, Vista is 500 dollars. Get
According to Novell
(
http://shop.novell.com/store/novelleu/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.3422200
) they sell:
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - e-License
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SP1
-openSUSE 10.3 (Pre-order)
What is the difference between SLED 10 - e-License and SLED SP1
On Saturday 27 October 2007 18:18:48 Aniruddha wrote:
According to Novell
(
http://shop.novell.com/store/novelleu/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/catego
ryID.3422200 ) they sell:
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - e-License
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SP1
-openSUSE 10.3 (Pre-order)
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