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To: nommedeguerre who wrote (19777)	5/28/1998 7:49:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

The OS is the least expensive part of the software productivity suite, as well as the cheapest component of a computer system. Compare: Win 95 - $89 MSFT Office - $400 before MSFT these apps would have cost $2,400 266 mHz PII CPU - $380 64 Mb of RAM - $130 8 GB HD - $400 17/19 inch SVGA monitor - $400 and so on. The majority of end users would barely notice the $71 (approx. OEM cost) difference in a free OS, and the replacement of such an OS by an unfamiliar or inferior product would have a very high cost in lost utility per dollar spent.