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The point you are making about installing Linux, is true about most OSS: OSS are not tailored to end users like proprietary software. If you try to use OSS for a personal or business application, you often find yourself spending a lot of time and money trying to get it to work for your purposes. When you look at the overall picture, you find that though proprietary software generally cost more up front than OSS, proprietary software is actually less expensive because it allows you to do what you want to do more quickly, directly, completely, and easily. As they say, ?You get what you pay for.?
Posted by: P. Douglas   Posted on: 04/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Better off buying licenses...  Mike Cox | 04/19/04
That's wise...  Linux_Developer | 04/19/04
Buy both!  OhMyGosh | 04/19/04
What!?!  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
It is just a matter of time ...  P. Douglas | 04/19/04
But how would they sour OSS...  el1jones | 04/19/04
Good thing for proprietary  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
If what you claim is true.....  Laff | 04/19/04
Its true  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
You Get What You Pay For  P. Douglas | 04/19/04
Everything works..............  nite_w0lf | 04/19/04
Again P. I disagree  Laff | 04/19/04
Nite_Wolf  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
Well then "IF"  Laff | 04/19/04
A couple of reasons actually  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
I have to agree with Laff  el1jones | 04/19/04
...and...  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
well  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
It's not Linux  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
This is an RPM problem.  doe_z | 04/19/04
Simple!  MkIIISupra | 04/19/04
?!?  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
No sh*t  RedHat9User | 04/19/04
I just don't see it that way P.  Laff | 04/19/04
3/10  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
And yet  MkIIISupra | 04/19/04
Your example is 100% wrong  IT_User | 04/19/04
Insurance companies base their services on  Laff | 04/19/04
The problem with this kind of insurance...  Michael Kelly | 04/19/04
RedHat9 user...suggestions:)  Laff | 04/19/04
Waste of Money  regwells | 04/19/04
For Autozone as well?  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
Yes, but not in the same way  regwells | 04/20/04
Baystar needed insurance for a bad investment!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/19/04
Very true  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
Excellent Idea  MarcB_z | 04/19/04
I thought Linux was [free]  Enterprise Analyst | 04/19/04
Yuo can download it for free  IT_User | 04/19/04
Don't respond to D A E M O N  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
i tried to download it free  V Sanders | 04/20/04
Which distribution was that? Microsoft Linux?  Linux_Developer | 04/20/04
I don't pay to run Linux.  doe_z | 04/19/04
Don't respond to D A E M O N  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
Don't play word games, daemon-slave  John Le'Brecage | 04/19/04
Don't respond to D A E M O N  Martin Marvinski | 04/19/04
I disagree Martin...  John Le'Brecage | 04/19/04
And they  MkIIISupra | 04/19/04
Insurance Unnecessary - BayStar just killed SCO and Linux suits.  Plain Logic | 04/19/04
hehehehehe  V Sanders | 04/20/04
Ho ho ho ho ho  Linux_Developer | 04/20/04

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