__/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 22 January 2007 19:31 \__
> B Gruff wrote:
>> On Monday 22 January 2007 18:35 Doug Mentohl wrote:
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>>
>>>"Novell Inc .. compares SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop with Windows
>>>Vista and claims that the Linux product provides 90% of Vista's
>>>functionality and 10% of the price"
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=DC5E97DF-9270-4AF2-9308-5D96D8B7A925
>>
>> Then they are foolish - they are under-selling their product.
They haven't a choice. Microsoft OEM exec is trying to "knife the baby" (to
use his words).
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| Microsoft Corp is using scare tactics to exert pressure on PC vendors
| not to explore the potential of desktop Linux, according to Novell
| Inc president and COO, Ron Hovsepian
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http://www.commentwire.com/article_news.asp?guid=2044AB5A-59CA-4EC3-AD3F-73DF7BC4F8E0
> It should be 2x the price of Vista (if they include unlimited support).
Yes, in a world without corruption even Firefox would possibly cost some
money. I still can't comprehend how viewing of Web pages was somehow
combined with browsing of files. File browsing is akin to FTP (among other
protocols), but not HyperText Transfer Protocol. That's just about rendering
Web pages.
Gates wanted to put IE "right in their face, so to speak" (his words).
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