DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rex Ballard wrote:
>
>> The sad reality is that the value of Microsoft's protocols is actually
>> a negative value. Microsoft's "enhancements" have been linked to
>> hundreds of billions of dollars worth of damages and lost time, but
>> since that's only $200-$2000 per user, and these are "soft dollars"
>> which are often recovered in the form of unpaid overtime, the actual
>> cost isn't normally accounted for accurately. The average Windows
>> user works as much as 10 hours/week in unpaid overtime to recover from
>> damages related to Microsoft's "back doors".
>
> You're culpable in these costs, aren't you, seeing as how you recommend and
> deploy Windows clients on most if not all your consulting jobs?
>
> Speaking of which, you've often ranted about the cost of MS licensing being
> responsible for corporate layoffs - maybe even suicides according to your
> warped mind. So what about the exorbitant hourly rates you bill at? USD
> $300/hr isn't it? Incredible! How many children went hungry last night
> just so you could sell Windows-based and IBM-proprietary systems at a huge
> markup?
>
> You "Linux advocate" you...
>
That's what I've always disliked about Rex's position. Generally, Microsoft
products cost corporations very little--if anything at all. Unless you're
one of those paranoid fucks that bought their patch for the new daylight
savings time thing last year when they were charging forty thousand dollars
for it.
Microsoft's products are cheap---and garbage. The really, really good
stuff is going to cost you a fortune. And rightfully so. As always, if
you don't want to pay for it, write it yourself.
And thus, we have OSS. Not so much a bad thing.
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