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Pricing Free Software
Mar 11, 2009, 07 :33 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3900 reads)

"AVG: $50 for a one year subscription.
AVG logo GNU/Linux doesn't have any wide-spread viruses. Many viruses have been written for GNU/Linux, but, have been either made incompatible do to a patch/update, in both GNU software and the Linux Kernel, or in Firefox, Konqueror, etc.. And many viruses were just to show that GNU/Linux was vulnerable to viruses, but, none of these viruses were wide-spread or able to self-install, and some couldn't even be installed on purpose unless installed in "super-user" mode known as root....

"GNU TOOLCHAIN: $600.
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GNU OPERATING SYSTEM: $800-$1200 - complete and using a GNU kernel."

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Nice idea, but very bad to mix free as i ...   Free and Free.   
albinootje
Mar 11, 2009, 12:32:25
 
Firefox is definitely worth the money. H ...   What the market will bear   
Ken Jennings
Mar 11, 2009, 16:22:47
 
>> So, I think they're way to high.  ...   Re: What the market will bear   
Jose_X
Mar 11, 2009, 23:09:44
 
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