What's wrong with free?

May 31, 2009, 14:03 (23 Talkback[s])

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"Let's break it down a little. The households got a PS3 or Xbox or Wii? So games are covered well by specialist bits of kit. So if you don't need big name, high end games on the family PC, do you need Windows? You need a good word processor, but do you need Windows? You need to look at all those holiday snaps, but do you need Windows? What does Windows do for you? It allows you to run applications which actually do the work, so do you need Windows or applications?

"I think applications, and you need a cheap, secure, reliable method of getting them on your screen. Say hello to free operating systems."

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