-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ashok _ wrote:
> You would still need to buy a Windows license to run that build of > OpenOffice.... > when you can run it for free on a Linux distro.... :) What happens when there is a preloaded Windows at a pittance (and official at that) ? > Also think of a smaller scenario like a mom-and-pop cyber cafe with 10 > computers, > if they had to buy licenses for everything from the OS to the Office > suite its gonna hurt > their margins. When they can run a free distro on lower specced > hardware without having to > scale up hardware everytime a new release of windows pops up.... Given that most mom and pop shops assemble their H/W - how much effective is a Linux distribution in terms of hardware compatibility ? And why is an online desktop scenario not ideal for them ? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHZ6dVXQZpNTcrCzMRAsuKAJ9sS9RIAWC12eVDC2agrxeKpmXCEwCfdvkj ah+cs/tm6exJB6rnkmIz4vs= =/oti -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
