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Don't just look try, $0 Fedora v2 available next week
"People complain about the hight price of MS Office."

Say the people of West Africa where a copy of Office would
be a years salary? Doesn't seem fair to me.

"You may complain that Microsoft put many small
companies out of business when they incorporteded the
utilites those companies created into Windows or MS
Office."

Say when they deliberately targeted Netscape or Sun's Java
to prevent a cross-platform middle-ware which threatened
their monopoly? As a MS user what benefit did you get from
that?

"I have used NT4 Server and now Windows 2000 Server in
my office. I have had to reboot the server only once, and it
is running 24/7."

Really only once? Any patching done to these servers? 24x7
and, in particular, NT 4 cannot be used in the same
sentence.

"Now tell me how Linux and Java would make my job easier
or my office workers happy if I switched."

GNU/Linux is not suited to every solution but can offer
significant advantages as a hosting platform for a custom
application like you're describing, including:

-Opportunity to hop off the MS virii train. Improved security
-Freedom from licensing fees and expensive license
inventory and conformance tracking.
-Inexpensive thin client architecture.
-Greater choice of platform architectures and chips.
-Greater scaleability.
-Completely customise the entire platform to simplify the
user experience.
-Increased availability and manageability.


Give the free RedHat Fedora distribution a go when it is
released next week. Incorporating some fantastic leading
edge open source technologies it is a good introduction to
the Linux platform.
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 05/15/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I'd gladly pay $89 to SuSE or RedHat than give a penny to MS  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/14/04
suse maybe.. i dunno about RH  ryusen | 05/14/04
I dunno. But I'd certainly rather do that than pay $300 to Microsoft!  Linux_Developer | 05/14/04
that is pear year  V Sanders | 05/14/04
Then Fedora might be your thing  Richard Flude | 05/14/04
Something's not right here.  Linux_Developer | 05/14/04
Didn't pay for it to start with  Spam-ZD | 05/15/04
Really?  Linux User 147560 | 05/15/04
I'd pay $499 for SBS2003 to MS than thieves.  pa2004 | 05/15/04
(NT) I'd pay you $499 to stop talking out of your @ss.  Spin_Masterz | 05/15/04
Yikes! I'd rather pay $0 for Linux!  Linux_Developer | 05/15/04
How about just "MS thieves"  Jay Cash | 05/15/04
By the way, SBS2003 costs a minimum of $599. (NT)  Linux_Developer | 05/15/04
I tip my fedora to Red Hat!  LinuxLover74 | 05/14/04
attn: LinuxLover74  Ployd_Farker | 05/14/04
Insert anti-MS message here  Martin Marvinski | 05/14/04
No doubt  linux_skynyrd | 05/14/04
1.5 . . . Mike Cox, you aren't  Plain Logic | 05/14/04
So what's the idea? Are you trying to be Mike Cox?  Linux_Developer | 05/14/04
Ever notice..  Ployd_Farker | 05/14/04
Um... yeah  Ployd_Farker | 05/14/04
Fedora Core 2 is awesome...  prime21 | 05/14/04
Red Hat is only for anti-MS fanatics  Sniper_z | 05/14/04
Um...  Ployd_Farker | 05/14/04
Not quite.  Sniper_z | 05/14/04
No axe?  Ployd_Farker | 05/14/04
Okay, I'll tell you.  Sniper_z | 05/14/04
Is your surname McBride?  xyz10_z | 05/14/04
Is your surname Gates?  Sniper_z | 05/15/04
Edited to reflect the truth.  Spam-ZD | 05/15/04
Even if that were true...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 05/16/04
haha  V Sanders | 05/14/04
It's obvious you've never used it...  prime21 | 05/14/04
Personally...  php_developer | 05/17/04
Lets see if I have it right...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/15/04
I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about  Linux_Developer | 05/15/04
This is no_ax you're responding to... you expected... ?  Martin Marvinski | 05/15/04
Yeah...but I don't even understand what he's trying to say.  Linux_Developer | 05/15/04
(NT) Dude, you got some drug problem to take care of.  Spin_Masterz | 05/15/04
(NT) It's not drugs . . . He's just whining again . . . Bawawawawa  Plain Logic | 05/15/04
Looking For Information - Not Trash Talk  davidtristan@... | 05/15/04
Real information...  prime21 | 05/15/04
I think the MS talk started when...  Linux_Developer | 05/15/04
Thanks for the Info  davidtristan@... | 05/15/04
Only had to re-boot Windows once.  davidtristan@... | 05/15/04
You have to reboot ONCE every how often?  michael-t | 05/17/04
Don't just look try, $0 Fedora v2 available next week  Richard Flude | 05/15/04
I knew I would get myself in trouble with that on commnet..  davidtristan@... | 05/15/04
Frank, to summarize your thread  Richard Flude | 05/16/04
Been there; done that; changed my mind.  php_developer | 05/17/04
(NT) Oh boy, the NBM'ers (Loser74, No_Ax, ...) are sure whining again...  Plain Logic | 05/15/04
Won't pay for it, but I'll use it  FilledOut | 05/16/04
Try Fedora Core 3  Traveler545220 | 12/11/04

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