Windows Is Free
The impact of pirated software on free software
.......A recent column on Zdnet, by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, discussed the reasons why people won't change from a retail operating system to a free one. The implication is that Linux can't even give away their softhttp://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Freeware.
That sounds pretty dire. Windows retails for around 200 US dollars, give or take depending on which version and where you buy. If the above statement by Mr Kingsley-Hughes was true, it means that Linux is so bad that people would gladly pay 200 dollars to avoid it. Do users really think Linux is that lame?
Read the whole article - fn amazing! -zapjb
Edit: I yanked this from the Linux section. Maybe it'd get more views & responses here. Thanks.
Source: http://tlug.jp/articles/Windows_Is_Free
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