Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 11:59:05 -0800 From: "John Purser" <johnmpurser@home.com> To: "'Jonathon McKitrick'" <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "'freebsd-chat'" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: costs for solaris vs windows Message-ID: <000001bf6a93$4c58fba0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001281606190.66428-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Well the number came directly from the MS marketing department so you know it must be correct right? And in a related article at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20000129/tc/20000130080.html MS has released the first patch for win2000 THREE WEEKS BEFORE they release the product. Apparently (surprise, surprise) some security holes that needed to be patched. John Purser -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathon McKitrick Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 8:25 AM To: freebsd-chat Subject: costs for solaris vs windows In this article: http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9911/22/solaris8.ent.idg/index.html it was claimed that "data centers running Windows 2000 will cost one-fifth to one-third of the price of a Unix-based system and will also offer customers significant savings over Unix in terms of TC0." Is this possible? I thought the reason many companies were going back to Unix was because of lower costs? Or is this just referring to commercial Unix? And since when has M$ offered value as one of its selling points? -=> jm <=- "Do not taunt the Happy Fun Ball." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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