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to: Bill Lucy
from: Randy H
date: 2003-01-02 21:48:26
subject: Re: Holy first-tier OEM, Linuxman!

From: "Randy H" 

$200? Hmmm.

Well, its not exactly apples to apples as its Intel vs. AMD and XP vs. Red
Hat, but still--a $200 differential in that economy ain't exactly chump
change.

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.187ebe69d82d8d7298b21b{at}news.barkto.com...
> Out of darkness, Randy H says...
> > What I found interesting was the price differential between the two:
> >
> > Windows 39,990
> > Linux 30,990
> >
> > Makes me wonder who pockets what of that almost 25% upcharge for the
> > MS OS-especially when you consider the OEM is usually the one who gets
> > stuck having to support the OS....
>
> According to my handy-dandy dollar-rupee conversion, that's around $200.
>

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