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Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 9 August 2005, 4:30 PM)
If there's one thing I'm sick of hearing it's that programs for windows have better support than Linux. I just bought Norton Ghost for my Windows machine. On the box it says:
Online support forums - free
Tech support - fee per call
and this program cost me $70!
Let's look at Windows XP, a $200 OS
online support forums - free
tech support - free per call/chat
Let's look at the free Linux OS -
online support forums - free
So you see, if you want free tech support it doesn't matter if you have Linux or Windows. If you want to pay a fee for OSS programs there are PLENTY of companies waiting for that: Red Had, Novell, Progeny, etc
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