Re: The Fucked Economy. (WAS:Will anyone buy NT??)

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From: Ned Kelly
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 02:08

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Joseph Bissot (bissot@deltanet.com) wrote:
: > Cost is the number 1 reason I use Linux.

: Very true... but my time is worth far more than the cost of my hardware. 
: People who have important things to do can't afford the extra time. Linux is 
: a time intensive OS by comparison to NT. Never mind the fact that nobody will 
: build a turn-key anything on Linux. 

There are some people in the world where, except for a government/postal 
job, their time is nearly worthless. That happens to be my predicament. 
Happily, in some cases at least, Slackware will install fairly easally. 
That's the problem......."Some cases". A corporation can easally afford 
NT or it's ilk, but not an individual. By keeping the price exhorbitant, 
you lose potential sysadmin talent. I would like to escape the Postal 
Service by getting into the "Information Age" job market, such as being a 
LAN admin. The cost of Netware(tm) and the certification test is 
prohibitive. The same is true with NT. The cost of this software, whether 
NT or Netware(tm) is definitely elitist. The above motive is why I would 
like to see NT or Netware(tm) at a sane price.

--
Ned Kelly Lives!!!!!!  

PGP Public Key coming to a keyserver near you. Now beta testing Strine 
for Yanks, version 2.0 (with bug fixes for ver. 1.2).

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Subject: Re: The Fucked Economy. (WAS:Will anyone buy NT??)
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