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DateFri, 17 Feb 2006 09:54:15 +0100
FromHelge Hafting <>
SubjectRe: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)
Rob Landley wrote:

>Time will take care of Solaris.  Currently it seems to be making all its money 
>due to the fact that government contracts can only charge 10% over the cost 
>of their components, so big government contractors use the most expensive 
>stuff they can find (and never re-use anything) to make that 10% as big as 
>humanly possible.  Use Linux in an aircraft carrier and you get a 10% markup 
>on $100.  Use Solaris in the same aircraft carrier and you get a 10% markup 
>on whatever insanely inflated figure Sun cares to charge...
> 
>
Hm, I can sell linux at insanely inflated prices to whoever needs that. :-)

Helge Hafting
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