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To be fair
you have to use BOTH first and THEN draw conclusions. Most of the office, data processing and engineering work can be done now VERY COMFORTABLY using Linux.

ms windows PC: 100s of hours to (re)install and maintain / PC

Linux: install, setup and that's IT (3hrs max).

-m
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Hard bargaining!  Anton Philidor | 02/27/04
too simple  rock06r | 02/27/04
Pyrrhic victory  Jay Cash | 02/27/04
You're taking this as a Microsoft loss?  Anton Philidor | 02/27/04
As a government loss  Jay Cash | 02/27/04
Fiscally?  Anton Philidor | 02/27/04
Pyrrhic nothing! Try dubious at best!  IT_User | 02/27/04
Competition at work  michael-t | 02/27/04
And in the end...  Confused by religion | 02/27/04
this is why...  pschroeder@... | 02/27/04
That's exactly  michael-t | 02/27/04
re : Competition at work  V Sanders | 02/28/04
I love watching the buying staff negotiate  FilledOut | 02/27/04
Love to watch them sweat. MS profits will be dropping.  DonnieBoy | 02/27/04
what fud  V Sanders | 02/28/04
Savings of car salesmen  mvaar | 02/27/04
On related new: Linux more expensive than MS ???  Ardian Daka | 02/27/04
Munich knew that going in  RedHat9User | 02/27/04
Upfront or long term costs??  ickusslime@... | 02/27/04
Oblivious to reality and ignoring  michael-t | 02/27/04
Linux properly setup can run with reboot for very long times...  sonicteam | 02/27/04
That is not accurate  michael-t | 02/27/04
10-15 minutes to boot up Windows?  Anton Philidor | 02/27/04
HP is to blame  michael-t | 02/27/04
children?  irjeremy@... | 02/29/04
Be careful of what you ask for,  quietLee | 03/01/04
lets see, where to look for those HIDDEN startup apps  JWatson77 | 03/01/04
I think it is accurate...  sonicteam | 02/28/04
Not True  r0ckflite | 02/27/04
Windows more expensive at any price  issthatso | 02/27/04
It is hard to get  michael-t | 02/27/04
In related, related news: linux $800 less on my home computer  Arrg | 02/27/04
In related (related) news....  rock06r | 02/27/04
To be fair  michael-t | 02/27/04
That statement is unfair  sonicteam | 02/28/04
Depends on the objective  IT_User | 02/27/04
I believe you have it ackbasswards...  MkIIISupra | 02/27/04
Let's reply  rock06r | 02/28/04
Answers...  MkIIISupra | 02/28/04
wrong  Arrg | 02/29/04
Really?  MkIIISupra | 02/27/04
With UNIX/Linux  michael-t | 02/27/04
Your miileage will vary  FilledOut | 02/27/04
Why buy it every year?  boatelc | 02/27/04
Don't Over Advertise Linux!  civilised | 02/28/04
frenetic!!!  irjeremy@... | 02/29/04
there it is in black and white  V Sanders | 02/28/04

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