OS X/Ubuntu/GnuLinux and cost

[Michael R. Head]

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 09:40 +1000, Serg Belokamen wrote:
> So from email reply below you could infact say that Windows would cost
> you more then Linux (original post stated the exact reverse).

Well, no, that's not at all my point ;-)

Dennis said that he dedicates a lot of time to Linux, and that that time
is more valuable than the money it would cost to buy windows. You then
suggested that the same amount of Dennis's time would be dedicated to
whatever operating system he uses. I was pointing out that this is not
necessarily the case: it's a lot easier to put your valuable time into
Ubuntu.

I certainly wasn't suggesting that Dennis would spend the extra money to
get the extra level of interaction with Microsoft developers and support
that he gets with Ubuntu. He would probably instead, give a lot less,
leaving his time payout for Windows much closer to the retail cost.

mike

> 
> On 11/10/05, Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 16:26 +1000, Serg Belokamen wrote:
> > > On an equal playing field you would spend the same ammount of time
> > > helping others on any other operating system.  Hence either compare
> > > apples to apples or dont compare at all.  You could just as well get a
> > > free copy of Ubuntu and not tinker with anything.
> >
> > Actually, because the _process_ as well as the code is open, it's a lot
> > easier to contribute. It would be very difficult (or expensive) to
> > submit bug reports to the Microsoft developers behind the various parts
> > of Windows (and Office), and have them resolved quickly or fixed in the
> > released version within 6 months.
> >
> > Additionally, because opensource software is generally community-based,
> > it's a lot easier to get hooked up with others that need help or have
> > more experience. It's also easier to gain expertise from the developers
> > by reading their posts and bug reports and wiki entries about
> > implementation details that are generally not there for closed-source
> > and closed-process software.
> >
> > mike
> >
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