I’ll add a precision to what you said: you don’t need the exact same applications on Linux, you need applications that can do the same thing you need. I never said that I believed Linux was cheaper or Windows was cheaper hence I gave an example as to how one cam claim one is more expensive than another by simply not using the tools that are available by the said software companies, and more importantly, its ignorant to say that there is somehow a blanket one size fits all idea that the cost said in the report can be duplicated in almost ever setting. Studies can be bent either way they’re like statistics, you can bend to say what ever you want them to say – if statistics state that the number of reported crimes have gone up, a government will say that due to the increase in spending on law and order, people feel more confident that criminals will be caught if the number of reported crimes go down, the government will claim that due to its tough stance on law and order, they’ve lowered the rate of crime due to the tough deterant. The fact that you quickly changed the subject to applications availability tells me that you’ve basically conceded that point…Īnd the fact that you post a smart ass comment like that speaks volumes to the fact that you didn’t read my comment, let alone comprehend what I was saying. This is link to get BEST FREEWARE UTILITIES for windoes machine.Īnd on top of that ALL YOUR HARDWARE, PERIPHERALS WORKS and INSTALLS in less that 10 minutes on windows machine…. Windows is costly-is the FUD by linux zealots. You will realize when your wife leaves you seeing that you have married to that linux box.Ĭonsider cost of getting free windows programs(which is myth in linux community, how can be a windows program is free) examples firefox, OO, avast antivirus,, comodo firewall, adware, spybot, spywareblaster, GIMP, picasa, and thousands other to secure your windows machine and you will never have to look for paid program.

What is your real cost?Ĭonsider your time spent, on that Novell or Ubuntu box in your basement, in isolation, away from wife, kids, other little pleasures because you want to get that damn scanner or wifi card configured for your new shiny kernel 2.xx or KDE 4.xx. Multiply your hours spent on tweaking linux system, and solving intricate config files for working camera, printer, scanner etc etc. I will just ask one question of self introspection to those trying to support linux as free alternative.

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