Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 18:44:22

  Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
  By: tenser to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Apr 29 2022 01:25 pm

 te> I remember telling people 20 years ago that as the cost of
 te> hardware goes asymptotically towards zero, software costs
 te> would start to dominate, thus driving the rise of FOSS.

 te> Google has O(10^7) discrete machines in its data centers,
 te> distributed globally. The cost to license the OS for all
 te> of them? $0.

And Apple, seemingly wanting to be a hardware-focused company, decided years ago to start making their Mac OS X updates free for their Macintosh machines. Years ago, I remember Mac OS X costing about $110 for a copy, and was much less to upgrade from the past couple versions.  But those prices for Mac OS X are long gone.

Nightfox
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