Re: RHL 9 - concerns

On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 02:15, joe wrote:
> Gerald Henriksen wrote:
> 
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> 
> On another note, lots of folks grumble about
> Red Hat not being _that_ much cheaper than
> ms windows, and threaten to go running back
> to microsoft if Red Hat doesn't slash prices.
> 
> To me, price is the least of the reasons I use
> Linux - if Red Hat and ms windows are at the
> same price, guess what? It's a no-brainer, I'll
> pick Red Hat  every time.
> 
> If Red Hat gets to be 10 times as expensive
> as ms windows, that doesn't necessitate that
> I move to a microsoft solution, but I will indeed
> look for alternative linux vendors, or alternate
> unixy OSes -
> 
> Bottom line for me is, it's not so much about the
> price as it is the freedom, flexibility, the reliability
> and the performance - I looked at Linux because
> it was cheap - I stayed with Linux because it's
> given me _far_ less grief than any other OS -
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Joe


I (a commited linux user) agree on this but unfortunately I'm sure many
of us are losing a vital argument (price) to convince people i.e. our
bosses who only know windows and don't want to change.

 Dave.


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