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Date:      Wed, 3 Apr 2002 14:57:47 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1018299467.5b6c54@mired.org>
To:        "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
Cc:        <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix
Message-ID:  <15531.27851.19169.720598@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
References:  <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> <20020402123254.H49279@lpt.ens.fr> <009301c1da83$9fa73170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15530.6987.977637.574551@guru.mired.org> <012601c1dadb$104d5100$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15531.2846.277278.29276@guru.mired.org> <005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com>

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In <005e01c1db44$e10d2a40$0a00000a@atkielski.com>, Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> typed:
> Mike writes:
> > Microsoft find a way around that. They offload
> > the tech support costs onto the supply chain.
> Not enough to make much of a difference.  If I recall correctly, Microsoft
> has one of the largest technical-support organizations in the world.
> Practically everyone outside Redmond is either in sales or technical
> support.

That distribution only makes sense. The internesting question is what
percentage of those people are pure support, and what percentage are
available to customers at no charge.

> > Since even Gates admitted that NT was a
> > crash-prone piece of junk ...
> When?

At the Win2000 launch.

> I've found NT to be the most stable desktop operating system I've ever used.

I take it you've never used Unix as a desktop operating system, then.

	<mike
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