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sime

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Quick drop the price Bill or that bloody penguin will nail us.

... http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/34733.html

Suck it up Bill!

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« Reply #1 on: 25 June 2004, 23:03 »
Okay, they're offering a cheaper windows, but how exactly do you offer something that is cheaper than free?

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« Reply #2 on: 26 June 2004, 07:40 »
cheep is one thing, quality is another.  Even if windows is free (see pireted copies) who would want it?
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« Reply #3 on: 26 June 2004, 07:47 »
Yet in two years, when Windows has reached the "free" status that Cue:Cat once had at Radio Shack (see also: $0 purchase), whose source will be open to inspection by prying eyes, and whose will still be a mystery to all but the key players in the Microsoft cartel?  Despite Microsoft's attempts to obfuscate the matter, this isn't simply an issue of "free beer" here; it's an issue of "freedom to innovate" and "freedom to investigate."

Edit: ...but expect them to milk the "free beer" angle for all it's worth.  I half-expect to see them team up with Bawls Guarana for Windows FVWSI (Final Verson We Swear It) : Wired Edition.

[ June 25, 2004: Message edited by: Midnight Candidate ]


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« Reply #4 on: 26 June 2004, 10:51 »
All versions of win xp should be called Windows XP "Ass" Edition.
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