Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ Jim ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 14:14 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 18 July 2006 09:52 \__
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> IBM, Micorosoft protest Indonesia's open source policy
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Microsoft said that Indonesian government's support to the open
>>>>> | source application could threat market of informatic technology
>>>>> | (IT) software produced by some US IT giant companies such as
>>>>> | Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=16383
>>>>
>>>> LOL! Yes, that's the whole point.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a tissue; dry yer eyes, Billy Boy.
>>>
>>> Someone told me that Microsoft sort of spoke on behalf of
>>> the other companies and claimed that having no licence is
>>> illegal. They tries to portray the PGL as though it was no
>>> valid licence. Again I must stress that I have not read the
>>> article in depth, but this is what I understood from
>>> somebody who did. Microsoft is FUD'ing its way to the bank,
>>> but it sees its business going away as more businesses
>>> retract and revoke licence that stood for many years
>>> (serving as a perpetual cash cow). We'll be seeing many more
>>> stories as such, I suspect... on a /national/ level.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>
>> yes, Roy, I would tend to agree with your assessment there, because I've
>> seen the effects of it. One of my clients employs his brother in law in
>> his shop. The guy's interest in computers extends just barely past
>> playing music. He doesn't do what someone in his position should be
>> doing, and that's keeping his ear to the ground. So, he's got a distorted
>> view of things. Result: probably two dozen lost sales this week.
>
>
> Honestly, Jim, if I were you I would condsider the
> following:
>
> http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/english/saiba-works.html
>
> Yes...
>
> It's a matter of taste and I happen to like the OS X UI,
> which is *familiar* to many. I think that an OS X lookalike
> will be good for Windows users who fancy that sort of stuff
> and wish to make no commitment (it's a Live CD after all).
>
>
>> I had to intervene yesterday during one of his pitches because he claimed
>> that not having a *Windows* license on a PC was illegal. I saved the
>> sale, and a bit of a bonus on top of that: I actually converted the
>> customer to Linux right there - just showed him a Knoppix DVD in action,
>> followed by this laptop. Pointing out of course, that they both ran the
>> same OS, just different DTMs.
>>
>> Oh, and snagged a tenner for the Knoppix disc. :p
>
>
> And that's /pure/ profit once you write-off the cost of the
> CD (100 for a fiver?)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
>
yup, about right for CDR. DVDR are like Â8 for 50, which is still good.
Still lets me bang out DVDs for Â20, CDs for Â10, who's to know (apart from
avid downloaders) that the media costs are essentially the same? :)
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