On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 07:51 -0500, James Drabb wrote: > First, let me state that I do despise MS, and I am playing devils > advocate. However, let us look at the cost over 5 years for RHPW and MS > Windows XP Home. We need to assume that RH will support RHPW for 5 > years and not drop support like RH 9. >=20 > RHPW year 1: $50 > RHPW year 2: $60 for updates > RHPW year 3: $60 for updates > RHPW year 4: $60 for updates > RHPW year 5: $60 for updates > ---------------------------- > $290 over 5 years >=20 > MS XP Home year 1: $99 > MS XP Home year 2: $0 > MS XP Home year 3: $0 > MS XP Home year 4: $0 > MS XP Home year 5: $0 > --------------------- > $99 over 5 years >=20 > Do you see the price difference? Your math is wrong. Do the prices for MS XP Home + Equivalent Developer Tools + Adobe Photoshop + Decent Maths program + Complete Office suite + .... Just so you make a fair comparison. Rui ______________________________________________________________________ One other thing, how many virus updates with have to be done in the next 5 years. How many times will you have to reboot the machine because of exception errors or lock ups. The only time that I have a lockup Linux is when there is an actual hardware problem or software incompatibility. And the there is a BIG plus for Linux, FREE SOFTWARE. No comparison in my mind.
