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RobDee
Alan Hedgewick said:
Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I don't want
it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming tools?
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Alias
RobDee said:Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I don't
want it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming tools?
My, another Wintard who thinks that all Nigerians are scammers and
thinks he is being cute and clever by revealing his bigotry. If you
don't want anything from Nigeria, you better stop using your car. See if
you can figure that one out.
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Frank
Alan said:
A rather misleading headline.
Read the article.
It's not yet clear which OS will be used.
Frank
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RobDee
Alias said:
What they also make Mercedes in Nigeria? No wonder the tyres were muddy when
I went to pick it up.
See if
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Alias
RobDee said:
You can't figure it out. How surprising.
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get Mandriva
Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of persons
in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows regardless of the
Mandriva deal.
Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of persons
in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows regardless of the
Mandriva deal.
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caver1
Andre said:
Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so
lets drop our prices.
In any other industry it would be called dumping.
caver1
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Bill Yanaire
Alias said:
I am trying to get a specialized copy of Ubuntu out of the country. My
family won't help me and my copy of Ubuntu for some ODD reason is worth
$2,000,000. I am looking for that special someone to help me. I will pay
you 20% for your help. Please provide your name, address, bank account
information and we can get started.
Gotta love those Nigerians
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Frank
caver1 said:
You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
pay of Windows OS?
Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
Frank
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HeyBub
Frank said:
Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
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Frank
HeyBub said:
Hahaha...I forgot, it's a part of their restitution for all of the
Nigerian scams.
Frank
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dennis@home
caver1 said:
So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.
Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$ give it away
they are not dumping.
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dennis@home
HeyBub said:
Yes it is.
Its the support that they have to pay through the nose for.
That's why windows can be cheaper than Linux as windows has a massive
support organization in place and it adds little to the costs to support a
few extra users. Its Linux that is being dumped if its cheaper than windows.
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teyebeareeus
linux is cheaper to support than windows...
simply becuase if you set it up once very litle can happen to it...
but with windows, only with normal use you run into problems like malware
simply becuase if you set it up once very litle can happen to it...
but with windows, only with normal use you run into problems like malware
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HeyBub
dennis@home said:
Nope. The Nigerians paid the Mandriva folks big bucks for a version of Linux
to run on the toys they bought from Intel.
Yep. Years ago a third-party hardware salesman wondered why the Morton Salt
company in Palestine, Texas insisted on IBM equipment when his was so much
cheaper/faster. The reason was simple: There was an IBM repairman in
Palestine. True, he spent most of his time fixing Selectric Typewriters, but
he was a) employed by IBM, b) had an official IBM toolkit, c) could read IBM
circuit diagrams, d) knew who to call, and, most importantly, e) would be
on-site within 15 minutes of a call (Palestine was not a big town).
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caver1
dennis@home said:
No in business it is dumping. Linux in itself is
not a business. There are businesses built around
Linux and they do charge what they have to. They
don't cut their price to undercut MS.
So then it MS's cost is close to zero why do we
have to pay so much for it?
So MS is either dumping or gouging.
caver1
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caver1
dennis@home said:
$10 bucks for support? Linux support is probably
bigger than MS's and the majority of it is free.
And yes it is considered dumping it you cut your
price only to try to stop your competition from
gaining in the market place. The only place MS
cuts its cost is when it is afraid some other OS
may get in. If MS wasn't afraid it won't cut its
price because it would be pretty sure the other
would fail and MS would get that market share
back. So MS must be very scared.
caver1
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forty-nine
caver1 said:
So what's it called when you sell a "free" product ?
Gouging ?
Scamming?
Linux wants to play big business, but doesn't like the game ?
Boohoo
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caver1
forty-nine said:
Linux is not sold. Some services are sold or
programs that are built for Linux are sold.
the open source portion is never sold.
If you look at the Nigerian debacle MS wasn't
making the deal with the Nigerian gov't it was
making the deal with the supplier. The Nigerian
gov't had to step in and say no our contract was
for Mandriva. So MS was even trying to slip it in
under the table.
caver1