Is Using Linux Too Frugal?

“But, that evening, I read a Newsweek* article titled, Stop
Saving Now!, a cover story that actually encourages you, the
consumer, to stop being so darn frugal and spend some money. The
writer prompts us to take risks again and let go of our death grip
on those dollars. Is this what we should do to get this economy
going? I pondered at great length over these two diametrically
opposed viewpoints and came up with the following idea:

“Use Linux for your business and buy an iPod for your kids.”

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