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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:08:52 +0100
Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Neil,
> But there seems to be quite a strong desire among list members to
> really work hard at this. I must be missing something here. If people
When it comes to business, I tend to agree with you; Let them get on
with it. However, some of our taxes goes to line the pockets of a
certain well-known USA-ian software vendor. Schools, government, NHS,
etc. could all use a *nix system thereby avoiding the need to pay
Microsoft
Many people, well some (maybe) would argue that the cost of re-writing
all that custom software to run on a Linux machine would be
prohibitive. I dis-agree. The donkey work has already been done, all
that's required is porting to the new OS. Certainly this entails a
cost, but one that can be re-couped far more easily. Saving money in
Windows(tm) licenses alone would go a long way. Any software company
worth its salt should be able to port their apps and maintain support
without too much issue.
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