OS X/Ubuntu/GnuLinux and cost

[Serg Belokamen]

Eh this thread is not going anywhere, think we are arguing the same point.
Think this is a good time to drop it.


On 11/10/05, Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org> wrote:
> 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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