On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 08:28:17AM -0400, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
>
> Martin Ling wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 07:26:04AM -0400, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> >
> > > the evidence showing that the only other potentially comparable OS that
> > > is cheaper is actually a 'free' OS that typically costs you $50 on a CD
> > > (windows typically costs about $89.00 on CD-ROM).
> >
> > As a quick point (I am writing other replies to this thread).
> >
> > Although said free OS can be aquired for $50 on CD, it can also be
> > aquired on CD for $2, or often given away free. I don't think it's fair
> > to say it's 'typically' bought for $50.
>
> I bought SuSe on a CD that was part of a linux book, that retailed for
> $49.00. I bought it on remainder at a used book store for $15. A used
> dual processor server I just bought from a guy for $50 happened to have
> a Red Hat cd stuck in the drive (and he just moved out to Arizona, oh
> well ;) ), so you could say i got that for free. But I doubt that most
> people are as cheap as I am. Both are 'previous release' issues, and
> I've likewise seen Windows 3.1 and Win95 disks available for nothing or
> next to nothing in similar venues...Buying the latest release of an OS
> is not likely to be gotten for free or next to nothing.
Yes it is. You can always download the latest version of RedHat, SuSE,
Mandrake, Debian, Slackware, and all the others I could come up with, or
obtain the CD for $2-3.
In addition, remember that having bought an official copy of RedHat with
manuals and all, you can install as many machines as you like with that
CD.
Corel is a rather unusual example (it includes some commercial software,
namely the personal version of WordPerfect).
Martin
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