Value of WinXP and RHPW [was re:User Linux]

[Wyatt Berka]

David Jansen wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 12:38:14PM -0500, jrt1 at duke.edu wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>Gimp has been ported to Windows.  Open Office is available for Windows.
>>So I think adding them to the windows price is also not fair.  However, it
>>is true that Open Office and Gimp come pre-installed with RH.
>>
>>I use Linux because I like it, not because it costs less.  Ultimately,
>>we want the Linux experience to be better than windows.  Pre-installed,
>>useful software does help accomplish this goal.
> 
> 
> Apart from price lists and just as much off-topic as most of this
> discussion], I have another observation here: Why is it people are ok
> with downloading and installing tons of additional software to turn
> windows into something which starts to resemble a decent operating
> system on the one hand, but on the other hand, this list is swamped with 
> requests like "why doesn't FC include nvidia/mp3/flash/java/your_favorite
> non_free_or_otherwise_unavailable_app_here" ?
> 
> I don't know the answer, just something to share with the list...
> 
> David Jansen
> 
> 
LOL

We're human.  We'll never be happy.  We want the free stuff on Windows 
and the commercial stuff on Linux... go figre.

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