__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 24 July 2006 16:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg
> <billw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:32:47 GMT
> <zEMwg.2772$ik6.2583@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2019919.Ys0LZeIfOA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> could this be proof that software is the most important part of a
>>>> computer? it makes up >50% of the total cost in the last example.
>>>> maybe bill gates was right!!
>>>
>>> Gates said that the cost of hardware would decline. Sadly, the
>>> price of his software has only gone up. It's either greed or
>>> the simply the advantage of suppressing all competition
>>> (monopoly), which makes it an abuse of the market. If you need
>>> good software, however, you must settle for the
>>> best there is on the market...
>>>
>> You dweebs seem to be hung up on the cost of things rather than the
>> value of things. Hardware has some value and software has some value.
>> Do you think that the providers of this value do not merit their
>> compensation? You are a bunch of freeloaders wishing and hoping and
>> even insisting that your needs supersede all else. Good luck!
>>
>
> Define "value".
In Linux, it's val-you. To Microsoft, it's val-us. It's about the vendor, not
the user/customer. WGA installtion, extortionate pricing, decisions
arrogantly made on behalf of users, etc.
Roy
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