-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brent Fox Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 11:54 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: User Linux >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 Well, to make it *really* fair you can't count Office in the price calculations since OpenOffice is available for Windows as well. The same could be said for a fair number of packages that are being considered part of the Linux bundle/price-advantage comparison.
