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Windows Is Free
Aug 16, 2007, 20 :30 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (7843 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...?"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
And black is white... white is black. Ju ...   Sure Sure   
taurnil
Aug 16, 2007, 20:57:21
 
I was working retail, in an office suppl ...   A cute story   
Bob_Robertson
Aug 16, 2007, 22:36:06
 
Funny how people always talk about the " ...   Windows -is- free   
thebouv
Aug 17, 2007, 00:30:26
 
I recently saw a 3-part special on the h ...   Second Cup   
Bernard Swiss
Aug 17, 2007, 00:33:20
 
> One commenter here said "you can get t ...   Oh, really?   
Anonymous
Aug 17, 2007, 02:57:26
 
> So, inferior office program for free,  ...   Re: Windows -is- free   
Bob_Robertson
Aug 17, 2007, 04:01:52
 
Many people use Windows because they do  ...   Unfrtunately true   
paul
Aug 17, 2007, 07:06:28
 
Inquiries re price reductions for MS OS/ ...   Pre-installed OEM price   
Stomfi
Aug 17, 2007, 07:29:46
 
Make 1,000 pirated copies of Windows XP, ...   This gives me an idea   
Jude Nelson
Aug 17, 2007, 08:57:14
 
...but I don't think the author real ...   Valid points made...   
cjm
Aug 17, 2007, 15:49:10
 
The last paragraph of the article states ...   He wasn't dissing Linux or promoting Windows   
GreyGeek
Aug 17, 2007, 17:15:11
 
 And that is why I've been talking a ...   Re: Valid points made...   
jp
Aug 17, 2007, 17:49:39
 
"Making use of Windows socially unaccept ...   Re: Re: Valid points made...   
cjm
Aug 18, 2007, 00:24:48
 
Here's a hint for you;When one side  ...   Re: "Michael Crichton's State of Fear"   
Bernard Swiss
Aug 18, 2007, 02:50:47
 
 Here's a hint for you;When one side ...   Re: Re:   
jp
Aug 18, 2007, 23:43:43
 
You should have read my remarks a little ...   Re: Re: Re:   
Bernard Swiss
Aug 19, 2007, 22:11:26
 
>> We are not evolved that way -- our di ...   Re: Valid points... Ogg laughs at global warming   
Jose
Aug 27, 2007, 12:00:05
 
>> Well, one day a man was staring at th ...   Re: A cute story   
Jose
Aug 27, 2007, 12:38:25
 
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