____/ Robin T Cox on Friday 04 April 2008 09:25 : \____
> On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:52:34 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Linux desktop market share is up as much as 61 percent, study finds
>
> One of the follow-up posters to this article made an excellent point:
>
> <quote>
> I suspect that free software will ultimately be the real driving force
> towards Linux - when you are buying a $200 ultra-mobile PC for surfing
> and a bit of document access it is just crazy to spend hundreds of
> dollars on software suites from Microsoft, Adobe and others. If your
> system comes preloaded with everything you need who cares what the OS is?
> </quote>
In other words, some things become a commodity. Services and maintenance never
are a commodity (time is not free because you can't replicate it) and they are
worth a lot more than typical acquisitions. Think about buying a PC for 500
quid and then spending 5,000 hours on it.
That said, it's clear that Linux is far easier to maintain and fewer services
are needed, unless of course you assume that calling in a next-door neighbour
to clean up some malware is a 'free' service.
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