On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> be passed on to the folks purchasing the Linux based PCs. And since there > are (still) far fewer folks buying Linux PCs than Windows, that added cost > would be spread over fewer PCs, thus the price per PC for the Ubuntu support > would pretty much offset any potential savings by not having to buy a > Windows OS for each PC. Right. Free as in speech, not free as in beer. That's how it works. I charge the same to write SQL on Postgres as I do on SQL Server, too. > I have opted to order my Server machines from Dell without any OS, and Is that just to punish them for all the good work they do supporting Open Source? <g,d&r> > Anyway, for all the beating up Dell has sustained over the years, I for one > have had a great experience with Dell over the past 4 years. Dell Business/Professional machines are in a different category with consumer machines. All vendors in the consumer space are in a race to the bottom on price. > And with my > next (non-Apple) Desktop PC I will consider a Linux OS machine if they offer > it on one of their beefier machines. We've been desktop-free for a number of years here. With Lenovo retiring the ThinkPad line, the next laptop is likely to be either Dell or Apple. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
