[NTLUG:Discuss] Would you pay $3,000.00 for Linux (HP thinks so)

[cbbrowne@hex.net]

> Hard to believe but I guess its true.....
> 
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/08/23/new.linux.os.idg/

Ah, well if you've bought an HP IA-64 box, you've already spent $80K, so
that spending $3K for a "qualified" operating system install is hardly
anything at all.

Remember, this isn't reflecting a situation where they're selling a $600 PC, 
but rather a case where they're selling $100K worth of hardware that likely 
goes into a project with overall costing of $1M.  $3K for licensing of some 
security tools isn't something people will freak out
over...