Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:04:09 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: John Purser <johnmpurser@home.com> Cc: 'Jonathon McKitrick' <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, 'freebsd-chat' <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: costs for solaris vs windows Message-ID: <20000129160409.G45988@shadow.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <000001bf6a93$4c58fba0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>; from johnmpurser@home.com on Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:59:05AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001281606190.66428-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <000001bf6a93$4c58fba0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com>
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:59:05AM -0800, John Purser wrote: > Well the number came directly from the MS marketing department so you know > it must be correct right? Excuse me while I die laughing. I don't suppose you've ever worked in a _real_ company (i.e., one with a lot of $), where they actually have a substantial marketing dept. The fact is, marketing depts around the world are !@#%!@#% morons who do anything to boost their company's image, even if it hurts the tech dept. And no, don't ask me for any references... > In this article: > http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/22/solaris8.ent.idg/index.html ^^^^^^^^ Didn't you notice this? > it was claimed that "data centers running Windows 2000 will cost > one-fifth to one-third of the price of a Unix-based system and will > also offer customers significant savings over Unix in terms of TC0." > > Is this possible? I thought the reason many companies were going back > to Unix was because of lower costs? Or is this just referring to > commercial Unix? And since when has M$ offered value as one of its > selling points? Yes, I imagine they're referring to things such as Solaris, Digital UNIX, and BSD/OS. I honestly couldn't give a rat's behind about that.. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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