On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 07:51, 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? > > I personally would not use MS at home if you forced me to. I just wish > that RH did not abandon the home user or SOHO user. You forgot the cost of MS Office, MS VB (and other associated development tools), games and a plethora of other things I can't think of right now. -- Akebono vs Godzilla! Coming soon to a theater near you.
