____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Monday 03 December 2007 20:01 : \____
> On Dec 3, 9:22 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> [...and it's worse than any other O/S]
>>
>> Linux Blog Safari: Asus's eeePC and the GPL, Linux in 2008
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "2008 is seeing the birth of laptop computers below $300: XO, Asus EEE,
>> | and I guess some new will appear soon," wrote eulernet on a Slashdot
>> | thread on the topic. "Vista alone is almost more expensive than the
>> | hardware! Microsoft was a good alternative when computers did cost $1500,
>> | but now the price is just too heavy. They really can't win when the
>> | hardware is cheap."
>
> Yes, but what's turning into the largest expense is the cost of a
> broadband connection. We just signed up with AT&T for $25/month.
> That's cheaper than alternatives I've seen recently, but it still
> comes to $300/yr. So if you own your computer for 5 years, that's
> $1500. Ouch. Broadband is still too expensive if you ask me.
> Cringely has had some interesting articles on the cost of broadband
> lately, how the US lags other countries, the telco ripoffs etc. At
> least I don't pay for antivirus software.
Dana Blakenhorn constantly slams them as well, even though it's off-topic for
his open source blog. Google can pressure this shared monopoly to lower the
prices and improve QoS.
For broadband at home I pay over $200 a year (and that's just for one person
who uses it for like half an hour a day).
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~~ Best of wishes
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