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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19778)5/28/1998 7:08:00 PM
From: M31  Respond to of 24154
 
Reginald Middleton -- Re:<<The OS is the least expensive part of the software productivity suite, as well as the cheapest component of a computer system...The majority of end users would barely notice the $71...>>

What about upgrades? I know that I and countless others paid $89 to "upgrade" to a version of Winblows that sucks less. I, for one, would have rather done something else with that money and I suspect others would have, too. And sorry, I'm not a billionaire yet, so $89 still means something to me.

<<MSFT Office - $400 before MSFT these apps would have cost $2,400>>

Bill is just too good to us! We don't deserve it!

<<the replacement of such an OS by an unfamiliar or inferior product would have a very high cost in lost utility per dollar spent.>>

Even more than Winblows?

M31



To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (19778)6/2/1998 9:50:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin  Respond to of 24154
 
The majority of end users would barely notice the $71 (approx. OEM cost) difference
in a free OS


Does anyone know what the OEM cost of a sub-$1000 PC is? I suspect that this $71 is a large part of the total cost, and will become a larger part of it as PCs continue to get cheaper and cheaper, while MSFT OSes do not.