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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (56904)	3/29/2001 3:28:52 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) of 74651

If you want to buy a good, new computer today, without a new monitor etc., it will cost you $600. Windows 2000 on top adds $150. $90 on top again makes the Microsoft solution 40% more expensive than reusing a Windows 98 OEM (illegal) or the Linux solution. For home users, price does matter, and right now, most people buy Windows 98 SE or Windows Me, and I don't think Windows XP will capture that market right away. Business users can often better afford to pay these extra 40% Microsoft tax, but I know what my customers will tell me, when I write down the figures for them. Lars.

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