> Hi Warren.

> 07-Jun-03 15:49:00, Warren Hrach wrote to Warren Bonner


>> Hi Warren, Some of the latest sales tactics by S. Ballmer include
>> offering Tiger-Direct comp. mfgr. a special deal for every lindows
>> box customer they get they can buy winXP for $50.   They are
>> hoping to eventually coerce the mfgr to drop windows and sell only
>> M$. I am not concerned with Lindows sales but that shows how they
>> hope to defeat linux

> what's the base price for winXP
> lindows costs US$99 am i correct?

> -=> Bye <=-

Jasen,
    WinXP purchased by itself IIRC is around $150.  Of course when you buy a
    new box with it the actual cost for the license is buried and probably cost
    the mfg. about $20-50.  As for Lindows itself it runs somewhere around
    $60-100 just not sure.  But the Lindows box that Tiger Direct sells for
    $299 is as good or better hardware than the E-machine.  Just add
    monitor. Tiger Direct also sells lindows itself for $59.00  Just looked at
    their website.  They also claim the winXP $50 is untrue and they don't
    have it. However that does not rule out that they were approached by M$
    with that deal.

    I should also check Wal-Marts latest pricing for a Lindows box but expect
    it similar to Tiger-Direct.

Warren

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