Again, I am fond of saying "English is a precise language"..< s >..

Again, Joe Average user is not going to buy a SERVER!!! The issue is about the sub $2,000 machine that the average family buys. Here, your choice is severly limited. You are bascially limited to different flavors of Windows. Mind you, I am not stating that this is either good or bad. Rather, I am merely stating what is.....

That is the problem with many programmers - they never know when to stop thinking like one...< s >...


>Nope. Wrong again.

Man, I bet you were so excited to write this little phrase.. Tell me, did you make it to the bathroom on time - or did you pee your pants??? < bg >...

Why don't you spend time reading the link to the DOJ site????




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>>Actually, this isn't true. You can get all kinds of Linux machines and from major vendors like IBM. Check out the following story at http://www5.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2491800,00.html?chkpt=zdnntop
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>>Joe average user is not going to buy an IBM Server...< s >.. My frame of reference was in the context of retail outlets such as CompUSA, ComputerCity, Gateway, Dell, etc.. In those channels, you don't have choice...
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>Nope. Wrong again. I just checked. I can buy a Dell Server with one of the following:
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>1) No OS
>2) Win NT 4.0
>3) Win 2000
>4) Netware 5.0
>6) Red Hat Linux
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>Gateway gives me less choice:
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>1) No OS
>2) Win NT 4.0
>3) Win 2000
>4) Netware 5.0