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Linux is free of charge or for a minimal charge. Send me some Freepmail and I will send you two CDs free of charge of the Madrake 8.1 or RedHat 7.2 distros of Linux. Linux is much cheaper than Windows.

I am not "rich" but I am comfortable. However, I feel it is far more expensive to deal with the constant problems and failures with Windows than my preferred Mac OS X -- I also use Linux and BSD extensively on my x86 computers. You pay a little more in the beginning with Mac OS X but end up saving tons of money in the long run. I never lose productivity or data due to viruses. I am not spending tons of money on firewalls, virus protect and data recovery. My Mac OS X comes with that built-in (sans virus protection we really never have virus outbreaks in Mac OS X or Linux).

I am not spending tons of money on firewalls, virus protect and data recovery. My Mac OS X comes with that built-in (sans virus protection we really never have virus outbreaks in Mac OS X or Linux).

Your "built-in virus protection" is better known as a 4% market share. Hackers would rather spend their time annoying the other 96% of us.

I haven't been hit (said he with crossed fingers) but I am totally fried with Bill "It is now safe to turn off your computer" Gates and his crew who invented the phrase 'illegal operation" and other big brotherisms..

.........but.....

Last time I checked, Linus was a bear to install and understand for a non-nerd.

Maybe you could provide some insights and some sites where we could go to learn more about it.