On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 09:42, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > 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. > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > > 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. Also, just to make it fair, the $99 price for Windows XP Home is for the upgrade version. The retail price for the full version of Windows XP Home is $199: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=316255 Then add Office 2003 to that at $369 for the full version: http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=539386 $199 + $369 = $568 --Brent
