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Current Newswire: Using Windows Is Like... Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? Creating Ebooks with Sigil Editor's Note: Making Multi-Channel Firewire Music With Linux Virtualization Architect The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-MA-Chelsea Post A Job | Post A Resume Windows Is Free Aug 16, 2007, 20 :30 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (6701 reads) (Other stories by Dave Gutteridge) "A recent column on Zdnet, by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, discussed the reasons why people won't change from a retail operating system to a free one. The implication is that Linux can't even give away their software. "That sounds pretty dire. Windows retails for around 200 US dollars, give or take depending on which version and where you buy. If the above statement by Mr Kingsley-Hughes was true, it means that Linux is so bad that people would gladly pay 200 dollars to avoid it. Do users really think Linux is that lame...?" Complete Story Related Stories: How Microsoft Crushed Linux's Chinese Rebellion(Jul 11, 2007) Sri Lanka's Open Source Community Touts Free Software Without Piracy(Jun 22, 2007) How Self-Imposed Limits Will Fail Linux(May 04, 2007) LiveJournal: What Apple Gets Right and Why Linux Keeps Slipping Behind(Apr 02, 2007) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Sure Sure    taurnil Aug 16, 2007, 20:57:21     A cute story    Bob_Robertson Aug 16, 2007, 22:36:06     Windows -is- free    thebouv Aug 17, 2007, 00:30:26     Second Cup    Bernard Swiss Aug 17, 2007, 00:33:20     Oh, really?    Anonymous Aug 17, 2007, 02:57:26     Re: Windows -is- free    Bob_Robertson Aug 17, 2007, 04:01:52     Unfrtunately true    paul Aug 17, 2007, 07:06:28     Pre-installed OEM price    Stomfi Aug 17, 2007, 07:29:46     This gives me an idea    Jude Nelson Aug 17, 2007, 08:57:14     Valid points made...    cjm Aug 17, 2007, 15:49:10     He wasn't dissing Linux or promoting Windows    GreyGeek Aug 17, 2007, 17:15:11     Re: Valid points made...    jp Aug 17, 2007, 17:49:39     Re: Re: Valid points made...    cjm Aug 18, 2007, 00:24:48     Re: "Michael Crichton's State of Fear"    Bernard Swiss Aug 18, 2007, 02:50:47     Re: Re:    jp Aug 18, 2007, 23:43:43     Re: Re: Re:    Bernard Swiss Aug 19, 2007, 22:11:26     Re: Valid points... Ogg laughs at global warming    Jose Aug 27, 2007, 12:00:05     Re: A cute story    Jose Aug 27, 2007, 12:38:25     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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