[wellylug] Linux PCs end up running pirated windows?

[Ian Sterling]

Yeah, I've begun to let all headlines of the Gartner group go in one
ear and out their mother.  Actually, I haven't even bothered to read
this one.  I read one a bit ago about the cost comparisons, but that
was only because I was reading somebody's rebuttal to it and needed to
know what they were talking about.

--Ian...


On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:11:20 +1300, jumbophut <jumbophut at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:23:46 +1300, Jo wrote:
> > Not mine:
> > > GARTNER: PIRACY DRIVING LINUX PC SHIPMENTS
> 
> As has already been pointed out by prominent people in the F/OSS
> movement, if the intention was for people to install pirated Windows
> then companies could make their PCs even cheaper by shipping the PCs
> completely blank.  (Linux is free, but installing it takes time, and
> there is the issue of support).
> 
> In short, this piece of analysis is down to Gartner's usual woeful standard.
> 
> --
> Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
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