John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:19:12 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
><newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>| Refurbished IBM Net Vista Desktop with PCLinuxOS 2007 installed. Intel PIII
>>| 900MHz, Intel chipset with onboard graphics and LAN. Also includes 256mb ram,
>>| 20GB IDE HDD, 40x CDROM, 15" TFT LCD (see specs. below), keyboard, mouse and
>>| a fresh PCLinuxOS 2007 LiveCD.
>
> ...and a new industry is beginning to rise.
>
Indeed. PCs are inherently durable, as is free software. By replacing
the non-durable Microsoft Windows with durable Free Software, then the
good (the PC) has been made more valuable to a customer, and can
therefore be sold on for more than the purchase price. The only
question being can the costs of installing the new software be recovered
and still leave a positive margin. On the basis that the initial
hardware was probably recovered at no charge, then the answer is most
likely "yes".
Good luck to the new entrepreneurs!
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