Money Talks?

Bill Wood pmmail@rpglink.com
Sat, 09 Oct 1999 08:42:28 -0700 (PDT)


Let's get these equations right.

OS2 = RCOS + K1*TIME$

Linux = K2*TIME$

Now we need to quantify K1 and K2.

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On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 03:34:35 -0400 (EDT), Ralph Cohen
wrote:

>On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 23:56:03 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
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>>On Sat, Oct 09, 1999 at 12:35:14AM -0400, Ralph Cohen wrote:
>>> I saw a great quote of a comment attributed to Timur Tabi recently
>>> which said: "Linux is only free if your time is worth nothing "
>>
>>    Anyway, let's take that argument to its logical conclusion.
>>
>>Time = money.
>>
>>OS/2 = Registration costs of software + time
>>Linux = Time
>>
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>I understand that what Timur said may have been a bit subtle, but your
>equation needs to be rewritten more like this:
>  
>(Linux=FREE) = (Lots of time*(ValueOfYourTIme=$0))
>
>Ralph
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>rpcohen@neurotron.com
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