OpenEuphoria

Re: off topic : WinLinux

• Posted by David Hopcroft <davidh at CDEX.ERICSSON.SE> Nov 24, 1999
• 591 views

> > Wow, so you'd pay $90-$120 a year for Linux instead of paying $90 for
> > Windows 98, an OS that installs itself and upgrades itself (when you go
> > online) and has software support for just about any hardware available.
>
> I suppose so, it's a little bit like how I'd rather spend $2 on a
hamburger
> for lunch every day rather than $10+ on a steak dinner on Friday.  (Not
to
> claim that Linux is the hamburger of the OS world, I'm speaking strictly
in
> terms of economics).  Also, just because I can *afford* to do that
doesn't
> mean I'm going to actually buy it.  I also have (extremely generous)
friends
> and relatives would who probably not mind getting me a $30- dollar gift
if I
> hinted.  If it costs closer to a hundred, I can forget about anyone being
so
> nice to me, I'm going to have to get it myself. :)

Also remember that a $30 distribution usually has a manual, games,
applications(WP,SS, etc), programming languages ....da-did-da (4 to 6 CD's
full of stuff).  Once the main distribution has been purchased, then you
only have to buy *non* retail box's every now and then, and they cost a bit
less (?14 - ?20 here in the UK).

I am a little worried about M$ auto updating my system when I go on line,
as I have to pay for my online time here in the UK