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On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 07:55:35 +0000, Preston Crawford wrote:

> In article <cRoX9.15295$m47.49897@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, John wrote:
>> "Preston Crawford" <prestonc@REMOVESPAMBLOCKcrawfordsolutions.com> wrote in
>> message news:slrnb2qr5u.fe4.prestonc@serpentor.cobrala...
>>> In article <NWcX9.2806$yX3.450291@nlnews00.chello.com>, Jan Schledermann
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The funny thing is... he'll roll his own, it won't work and then he'll say
>>> "Linux sucks, I'm going back to Windows."
>>>
>> 
>> The funny thing is... linux users bag windows for not being free and bag
>> Billy for making money and even promote linux as BEING a TOTALLY FREE
>> operating system.  And when people find out its not they criticise the
>> person instead of their own false promotion.
>> 
>> Why wouldn't anyone go back to windows - its cheaper and it works.
> 
> Because it isn't cheaper. At $80 SuSE is $220 cheaper than the cheapest 
> comparable Windows version, Win2k Pro. It's even cheaper than Win2k 
> server, if you look at it that way.

Not to mention the fact that the SuSE distribution includes tons and tons of
free, fully functional software. Windows doesn't.

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