Re: [OT] New Desktop OS?
- Posted by eugtk at yahoo.com
Sep 17, 2003
--- "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Who's their market? Are they thinking they're going
> to steal big customers
> away from M$? Do they think the small mom and pops
> will buy non-M$? The
> latter is more likely than the former. I do agree
> that if they're throwing
> in support with that $100, it could be a good deal
> (depending on the level
> of support :) ).
Their market is medium to large businesses.
Businesses who want to be able to predict and control
their costs.
Even if you ignore the outrageous expense of
Microsoft apps, the $100 per employee/yr is *way*
less than what it costs just to audit to ensure you
don't get raided and fined by the BSA.
Add to that the productivity gains from employees
not being able to download games and viruses, and
the $100 seems like a real bargain.
Irv
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