On Sunday 18 April 2004 08:22 am, Lanman wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 18 April 2004 15:54, Lanman wrote: > >>>Another Canadian city gets smart. Ya gotta love this stuff! > >>> > >>>http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3340731 > > > > 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 > > Anne; i can understabd your concern, but hopefully consumers will simply > take advantage of Microsoft if they start giving Windows away (Wouldn't > that be poetic justice? Consumers taking advantage of Microsoft instead > of the other way around?), and then migrate to open-source products when > M$ tries to gouge them on Office, etc.. > > I'm fairly optimistic that consumers will recognize Microsoft's > give-away strategy for what it is and exploit Redmond until the feebie's > ends. Also, it could be legally argued that Microsoft is using it's > domination in the global market to unfairly change it's pricing and > marketing strategies. Wouldn't surprise me if some of the other big > companies started a class-action suit against M$ if they tried to give > Windows away. > > Still, Windows would finally be priced in direct relation to it's actual > value! Still overpriced IMHO > > Lanman
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