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Re: [News] Vista64 + 4GB of RAM = Hapiness

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:04:41 -0400, Simon Templar wrote:

> It matters for places like schools that are on a tight budget. But for a
> company the cost of a Windows license every 5 years (which they buy in
> bulk anyway) is diddly-squat compared to the salary they pay employees.
> They'd save more by switching to cheaper brand of coffee in the kitchen.

I think there are many hidden costs -- for instance, the annoyance of 
malware (never mind the tools to remove it).  I was about to argue that 
given a sufficient number of Linux users there would be plenty of room 
for commercial apps to duke it out on a level playing field to the 
benefit of all -- but then considered the google office apps.

I can't imagine a situation where commercial application software for 
Linux would be competitive and lucrative because either the GPL version 
is or would displace the commercial version, or some other model, like 
google office running over the web, would change the rules.

However, there's an enormous hidden cost in the lost opportunities from 
being stuck with Windows because the applications are written only for 
Windows because Windows is what's installed, and being locked into a 
specific application.


-Thufir

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