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- From: nedkelly@eagle.ais.net (Ned Kelly)
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- Subject: Re: The Fucked Economy. (WAS:Will anyone buy NT??)
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- Date: 24 Feb 1996 02:08:06 GMT
- Organization: The Melbourne Gaol
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- Joseph Bissot (bissot@deltanet.com) wrote:
- : > Cost is the number 1 reason I use Linux.
-
- : Very true... but my time is worth far more than the cost of my hardware.
- : People who have important things to do can't afford the extra time. Linux is
- : a time intensive OS by comparison to NT. Never mind the fact that nobody will
- : build a turn-key anything on Linux.
-
- There are some people in the world where, except for a government/postal
- job, their time is nearly worthless. That happens to be my predicament.
- Happily, in some cases at least, Slackware will install fairly easally.
- That's the problem......."Some cases". A corporation can easally afford
- NT or it's ilk, but not an individual. By keeping the price exhorbitant,
- you lose potential sysadmin talent. I would like to escape the Postal
- Service by getting into the "Information Age" job market, such as being a
- LAN admin. The cost of Netware(tm) and the certification test is
- prohibitive. The same is true with NT. The cost of this software, whether
- NT or Netware(tm) is definitely elitist. The above motive is why I would
- like to see NT or Netware(tm) at a sane price.
-
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