On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 02:15, joe wrote: > Gerald Henriksen wrote: > [ cut ] > > On another note, lots of folks grumble about > Red Hat not being _that_ much cheaper than > ms windows, and threaten to go running back > to microsoft if Red Hat doesn't slash prices. > > To me, price is the least of the reasons I use > Linux - if Red Hat and ms windows are at the > same price, guess what? It's a no-brainer, I'll > pick Red Hat every time. > > If Red Hat gets to be 10 times as expensive > as ms windows, that doesn't necessitate that > I move to a microsoft solution, but I will indeed > look for alternative linux vendors, or alternate > unixy OSes - > > Bottom line for me is, it's not so much about the > price as it is the freedom, flexibility, the reliability > and the performance - I looked at Linux because > it was cheap - I stayed with Linux because it's > given me _far_ less grief than any other OS - > > Best Regards, > > Joe
I (a commited linux user) agree on this but unfortunately I'm sure many of us are losing a vital argument (price) to convince people i.e. our bosses who only know windows and don't want to change. Dave. > > > -- Dr. David Holden. (Systems Developer) Visit: Crystallography Journals Online <http://journals.iucr.org> Thanks in advance:- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See: <http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> UK Privacy (R.I.P) : http://www.stand.org.uk/commentary.php3 Public GPG key available on request. -- 99% of politicians give the rest a bad name -- ------------------------------------------------- -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
