On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 04:18:42PM -0600, Chris Wood wrote: > > I was intentionally generalizing. Am I wrong to state that the main > argument that the majority of people put forth for linux is price? > > I can't think of any distributions that have been promoting the fact > that they are more expensive than Unix/Microsoft. In fact, everyone > throws a fit when a TCO study comes out showing linux to be more than > other alternatives. >
Many people praise Linux primarily because of price, but I don't think it's safe to generalize in this case. I personally use Linux because of power and flexibility more than anything else. Low price is great, but I wouldn't use Windows if it were free--I just don't like it. People who want external support can pay for it with RHEL and others (or they could make a deal with a services company), and people that don't feel the need should use a different distro. There are a lot of choices. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868
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