Re: [OT] Dilbert cartoon featurng Linux
Rob Sims <deb-lists-z@robsims.com>:
> On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:08:20AM +0000, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > He's suggesting a nickel would get him a better computer than what he's
> > using. That's a pretty damning indictment. A nickel can't buy a
> > computer in any way, shape or form.
>
> Are you kidding? I can get for free (out of a dump) a computer that 30
> years ago people would have killed to own; that 50 years ago governments
> would have killed to own. Of course, 30 or 50 years ago, nobody was
> running Windows, so let the arguments about "better" continue...
That's great, isn't it? My latest box is a PIII-733 that I picked up
for C$69.00. I paid C$3500.00 for the same thing new in a laptop five
years ago. With Vista (Ptooooo!) coming in, we can expect a lot of
great "trash" coming our way soon. :-)
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