This should perhaps go to off topic, but I'll make a comment -
I think the big win is in providing the features that an NT Workstation
would have without the licensing costs. An organisation with 100 users could
say 1/2 million dollars in licensing costs. It costs around $4k to get an
RHCE and all the infrastructure software is free. The cost saving is
incredible! And with MS doing some serious nasties with licensing now (see
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/08/0647212) I can see them digging
their own grave...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neven MacEwan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:37 AM
Subject: [DUG]: Re:: Laurence Bevan - LINUX - It will NEVER make its mark on
the desktop
> Laurence
>
> I was working in the computer industry in the 80's
> Gradutated 1984 set up MWK as MacEwan Wilinson in 1986 and you are
> somewhat mistaken
>
> Comparing early PC Unix (Xenix, SCO, Novell) is erroneous for the
following
> reasons
>
> 1/ They weren't open sourced
> 2/ The internet didn't exist
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