**strings of ones and zeros arranged themselves into a message from "Timothy R. Butler" on Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:20:18 -0600
which said...
**Well, that is TRUE. But I remeber a year or two ago other Linux people
**were always jumping on Micrsoft - they are soooo expensive. The OS is
**$89.99!
OS for microsoft is NOT 489 an UPGRADE , meaning you already bought the
thing once was $89 Windwos 2000 pro ( not ME which is only souped up
98) is NOT $89 I paid $139 for an UPgrade, which was to have ben reduced
by a still waiting for it "rebate" to $100 ... I bought the thing from
M$ after tehy made a "special offer" for beta testers bah! Upgrades for
suse linux are $40 including the unlimited install anywhere , something
that is about to be abolished in the "new" M$ "piracy protection"
scheme, which will limit every product they have to two installs, and
tie them to teh computer's MAC and any other internal id system ( like
a vin number on a car)If you need to install it more than two times (
say the os eats itself) you get to buy the Lisence all over again, Look
at full prices of M$ oses to comaper w/ full price of suse or any other
distro compare M$ upgrade prices to suses upgrades, you still got
waaaay cheaper up and running system w/ Suse
j
afterthought: Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.