From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3eccb8b9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>
>>Very true however ....there is competition & then there is
>>"cross-subsidy" where somethng else is paying for a
depressed price in a
>>given good so as to exlcude competition in that market.
>
>
> You aren't going to try and tell me MS can't cut 15% from the price of NT
> and still make a profit are you? There is no subsidy, OS sales at MS are a
> profit center.
>

Again though does this come with support etc.

i.e. imagine the real cost of both the linux & windows OS was the CD
(not true but imagine). Now imagine that the MS people can simply offer
support for their product cheaper because (a) it is cheaper to support
(fewer call & breakdowns) &/or (b) their support system is simply
more efficiently run than Suse.

Then no problem because in essence you are putting 2 support systems
against each other with some nearly free cd'es thrown in.

But that isn't the case here.

Adam

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