**strings of ones and zeros arranged themselves into a message from Samy Elashmawy on Thu, 08 Feb 2001 07:38:47 +0000
which said...
**How meny boxes at $79.99 do you expect a typical non comercial user to buy
**a year at M$ type pricing.
uh, have you bought a M$ box lately???? for an upgrade product ( which bitches
at you on each subsequent clean reinstall ( and you will need to do a lot of
clean reinstalls , even w/ thier "best" version ever ( w2k) ) Suse's $80 boxed
set includes actual useable distrobution of linux plus actual useable verisons
of a whole helluvalot of stuff I haven't even had time to play w/ yet. Plus the
manuals . there hasn't been a printed manual in M$ box for eons! For all you
guys who already know every thing in the universe that many not be important...
okay, but the $30 box, or dl and compitle your won, but stop bitching about a
paltry difference in price for a big difference in "what's included" There are
several thousand people in the world just coming into the Linux world, no point
in makeing them think our favorite company is ripping them off, is there?? Adn
besides, there are all thoe cute stickers for the kids.... or the big kid within.
Blondely,
j
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