Wrong ad on www.linux.org

[Peter L. Peres]

If Linux would be really $0 in cost then M$ would never be able to be less
expensive than Linux, by definition, even if it would cost one cent per
copy and work perfectly out of the box on every machine.

The real cost of Linux is not the license but the setup. IT professionals
and many enthusiasts are able to (and do) install and customise it
themselves. Others need their services to obtain functionality that is
beyond what comes 'out of the box'.

And that is the point. Linux begins where Windows ends. With windows you
install it, click click click, and it does what it says on the box (well
most of the time). You want more, you're stuck. So far you've paid for the
media and license. ($100). They have no responsibility, and keep the
money. You do not own anything.

With Linux you install it, click click click, and it does what it says on
the box. You want more, you either do it yourself or hire someone to do
it. So far you've paid for the media and license (anything from a cd-r
media to $80 SuSe Professional box set or equivalent RH etc). They have no
responsibility and keep all the money, BUT YOU NOW 'OWN' THE PRODUCT AS
LONG AS YOU LIVE BY THE GPL LICENSE. And you are still not $100 out (see
above) even though you already have office and desktop integration and
productivity suites.

And this is the point. Linux money is made in customisation and in solving
network and application problems that are simply impossible for the
competition.

Peter
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