Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:30:23 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft Landed On Us
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>>| Windows XP Professional OEM - £98.08
>>| Microsoft Office (Small Business Edition) OEM - £157.74
>>| Paint Shop Pro - £67.85
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>>| This yields a grand total of £323.67. In one fell swoop, I doubled the
>>| cost of the PC... I simply couldn't believe it at first; it seems
>>| illogical that to do absolutely everything I can do for free with Linux,
>>| in order to do the same with Microsoft, I?d have to spend twice as
>>| much.
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>> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=47
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> You can't do everything you could do in Linux. For example, Paint Shop
> Pro
> can use any photoshop plug-in available, can the Gimp? On Windows, you
> can, with pspi, but not Linux.
Yes you can and do far more.
It just depends what you are out to do.
You seem to have chosen some weird and uncommon things to
make windopes look better when its not.
If it were me, for example, I want to reduce cost for photoediting,
and thus a livecd like Mepis is free and if I want I can pay
for support and it comes with Open Office and thus I can do far
more for lot less outlay.
> Ok, so maybe such a machine could do everything YOU want to do in Linux,
> but that's not the same thing.
Its a lot more than windows can ever achieve.
Even simple things like playing 6 videos at once windows is unable
to do, so its not really cut out for home use any more.
> Consider that it costs more to fuel a car for it's lifetime than the cost
> of the car (even if you include interest paid via loans). Why would it
> seem strange that the software for a PC might exceed the cost of the PC?
Correction! You are not buying software, just license!!!
It is very strange that licenses costs more than a PC.
By opting to pay for Linux, you get software, license, hardware
and if you want you can also pay for support. Its always
win win win with Linux with far less outlay.
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