On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:30 +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
On 28/09/06 15:18 +0530, Gabin Kattukaran wrote:
hi, I think you're missing the point here. Getting a fully functional box requires you to spend - either money or time+effort.
This is independent of your OS choice. When you buy a box off the shelf, you incur M$ tax. If you want to avoid that, you can
Or Apple tax (or ...). s/M$/vendor/. It isn't just MSFT to blame here.
True. I said M$ tax only because that is, by far, the most common. The same could be said for Apple, Red Hat, Novell etc. In essence, most vendors who sell you a per seat license fall into this category.
Before the flames begin, I'm not saying that this tax collection is inherently evil. The vendor has spent a certain amount of money+time +effort+ISV arm twisting to ensure that the delivered system appear to work in the hands of the user. This is recovered in the form of the said tax.
-gabin