Travis Riddle wrote:
Ah but it does have to do with Fedora. Fedora is the wave of the future for Desktop Linux computing. If Fedora is to gain popularity and compete (so to speak) then the community should be aware. What is wildly silly is ignoring the problem thinking that it belongs somewhere else and won't affect you.
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From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joel Jaeggli
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:39 AM
To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: User Linux
XP home is only liscensed for use with one cpu... got more
cpu's on the
box you need pro. also xp home is missing file-level access
control and
iis which pro has, so it's mostly just a toy...
All of this is wildly silly of course and doesn't belong on
the fedora
list which is about fedora linux not windows xp, redhat personal
workstation, redhat enterprise, or windows vs linux tco.
There's a couple other places that might be more appropriate
for people
with issues. checkout other redhat lists:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo
communicate your displeasure about the pricing structure with
an account
rep. buy a share and communicate you displeasure to the board
about the
direction the company is taking.
This all presumes of course that you desire is to actaully change the
direction of the company in a postive way, as opposed to just venting.
joelja
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, 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
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$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
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$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 +
Don't forget the virus tax of $49/year or similar....
Cheers,
--
Wade Hampton
