[extropy-chat] Futurist priorities was ex-tropical

[J Corbally]

I recently bought a copy of XP Home retail for about 135 Euro  ($163!) I 
then got an additional license for $84 (approx 70 Euro).  Cheap, but only 
with an initial outlay.

It appears the days of the 70 Euro Operating System are gone.  I don't see 
Linux replacing all my apps anytime soon, either.



James...

>Message: 11
>Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 16:43:55 +0000
> >From: BillK <bill at wkidston.freeserve.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Futurist priorities was ex-tropical
>To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
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>On Tue Mar 02, 2004 08:18 am Eugen Leitl wrote:
> > By adding a Microsoft tax (something like $100) to hardware and
> > removing my ability to purchase a system without an OS license I as a
> > consumer can no longer vote with my feet; that is, wallet. This is
> > monopoly ramming things down our collective throats to maximize
> > revenue, nothing else.
>Heh! How very generous of you Eugen.
>You getting soft in your old age? ;)
>Dana Blankenhorn wrote an article recently, entitled 'A Tipping Point'
><http://www.corante.com/mooreslore/archives/001932.html>
>He is a business/computer journalist about to buy a new computer for his
>business, so it needs to be a Windows machine.
>He found a nice cheap 'white box', then discovered he needs $146.75 for
>Windows XP Pro, and Office Depot sells Office 2003 for about $400.
>If you need more M$ software, it gets even worse.
>M$ will be giving computers away free soon, if you buy their software!
>BillK