Nigeria Favors Mandriva Over Microsoft Once More

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RobDee wrote:
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> "Alan Hedgewick" <ahedgewick@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071109/tc_pcworld/139480;_ylt=AlarGDmOZuPv
>>
>> d0cemmFwuyas0NUE
>>
>
>
> Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I don't
> want it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming tools?
>
> :)

My, another Wintard who thinks that all Nigerians are scammers and
thinks he is being cute and clever by revealing his bigotry. If you
don't want anything from Nigeria, you better stop using your car. See if
you can figure that one out.

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"Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
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> RobDee wrote:
>>
>> "Alan Hedgewick" <ahedgewick@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGVLH4vIIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071109/tc_pcworld/139480;_ylt=AlarGDmOZuPv
>>> d0cemmFwuyas0NUE
>>>
>>
>>
>> Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I don't
>> want it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming tools?
>>
>> :)
>
> My, another Wintard who thinks that all Nigerians are scammers and thinks
> he is being cute and clever by revealing his bigotry. If you don't want
> anything from Nigeria, you better stop using your car.

What they also make Mercedes in Nigeria? No wonder the tyres were muddy when
I went to pick it up.

See if
> you can figure that one out.
>
> --
> Alias
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RobDee wrote:
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> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
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>> RobDee wrote:
>>>
>>> "Alan Hedgewick" <ahedgewick@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OGVLH4vIIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071109/tc_pcworld/139480;_ylt=AlarGDmOZuPv
>>>>
>>>> d0cemmFwuyas0NUE
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I
>>> don't want it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming
>>> tools?
>>>
>>> :)
>>
>> My, another Wintard who thinks that all Nigerians are scammers and
>> thinks he is being cute and clever by revealing his bigotry. If you
>> don't want anything from Nigeria, you better stop using your car.
>
> What they also make Mercedes in Nigeria? No wonder the tyres were muddy
> when I went to pick it up.
>
> See if
>> you can figure that one out.

You can't figure it out. How surprising.

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My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get Mandriva
Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of persons
in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows regardless of the
Mandriva deal.
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"Frank" <fb@osspan.clm> wrote in message
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> Alan Hedgewick wrote:
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071109/tc_pcworld/139480;_ylt=AlarGDmOZuPv
>> d0cemmFwuyas0NUE
>>
>
>
> A rather misleading headline.
> Read the article.
> It's not yet clear which OS will be used.
> Frank
 
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get Mandriva
> Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of persons
> in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows regardless of the
> Mandriva deal.


Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so
lets drop our prices.
In any other industry it would be called dumping.
caver1
 
Gotta love those Nigerians

"Alias" <iamalias@gmailshoes.com> wrote in message
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> RobDee wrote:
>>
>> "Alan Hedgewick" <ahedgewick@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGVLH4vIIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071109/tc_pcworld/139480;_ylt=AlarGDmOZuPv
>>> d0cemmFwuyas0NUE
>>>
>>
>>
>> Wow! If its good enough for Nigeria......... ...................I don't
>> want it. Maybe they make a special edition with free scamming tools?
>>
>> :)
>
> My, another Wintard who thinks that all Nigerians are scammers and thinks
> he is being cute and clever by revealing his bigotry. If you don't want
> anything from Nigeria, you better stop using your car. See if you can
> figure that one out.
>
> --
> Alias

I am trying to get a specialized copy of Ubuntu out of the country. My
family won't help me and my copy of Ubuntu for some ODD reason is worth
$2,000,000. I am looking for that special someone to help me. I will pay
you 20% for your help. Please provide your name, address, bank account
information and we can get started.

Gotta love those Nigerians :-)


>
> To email me, remove shoes
 
caver1 wrote:

> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>
>> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get
>> Mandriva Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A
>> lot of persons in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows
>> regardless of the Mandriva deal.
>
>
>
> Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our prices.
> In any other industry it would be called dumping.
> caver1

You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
pay of Windows OS?
Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
Frank
 
Frank wrote:
>
> You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
> pay of Windows OS?
> Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
> Frank

Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
 
HeyBub wrote:

> Frank wrote:
>
>>You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
>>pay of Windows OS?
>>Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
>>Frank
>
>
> Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
>
>

Hahaha...I forgot, it's a part of their restitution for all of the
Nigerian scams.
Frank
 
"caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
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> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get Mandriva
>> Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of
>> persons in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows
>> regardless of the Mandriva deal.
>
>
> Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our prices.
> In any other industry it would be called dumping.


So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.

Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$ give it away
they are not dumping.
 
"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Frank wrote:
>>
>> You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
>> pay of Windows OS?
>> Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
>> Frank
>
> Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
>

Yes it is.
Its the support that they have to pay through the nose for.
That's why windows can be cheaper than Linux as windows has a massive
support organization in place and it adds little to the costs to support a
few extra users. Its Linux that is being dumped if its cheaper than windows.
 
linux is cheaper to support than windows...

simply becuase if you set it up once very litle can happen to it...

but with windows, only with normal use you run into problems like malware


"dennis@home" <dennis@killspam.kicks-ass.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OrmsL3yIIHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Frank wrote:
>>>
>>> You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
>>> pay of Windows OS?
>>> Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
>>> Frank
>>
>> Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
>>
>
> Yes it is.
> Its the support that they have to pay through the nose for.
> That's why windows can be cheaper than Linux as windows has a massive
> support organization in place and it adds little to the costs to support a
> few extra users. Its Linux that is being dumped if its cheaper than
> windows.
 
dennis@home wrote:
> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OrmsL3yIIHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Frank wrote:
>>>
>>> You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able
>>> to pay of Windows OS?
>>> Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
>>> Frank
>>
>> Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
>>
>
> Yes it is.

Nope. The Nigerians paid the Mandriva folks big bucks for a version of Linux
to run on the toys they bought from Intel.

> Its the support that they have to pay through the nose for.

> That's why windows can be cheaper than Linux as windows has a massive
> support organization in place and it adds little to the costs to
> support a few extra users. Its Linux that is being dumped if its
> cheaper than windows.

Yep. Years ago a third-party hardware salesman wondered why the Morton Salt
company in Palestine, Texas insisted on IBM equipment when his was so much
cheaper/faster. The reason was simple: There was an IBM repairman in
Palestine. True, he spent most of his time fixing Selectric Typewriters, but
he was a) employed by IBM, b) had an official IBM toolkit, c) could read IBM
circuit diagrams, d) knew who to call, and, most importantly, e) would be
on-site within 15 minutes of a call (Palestine was not a big town).
 
dennis@home wrote:
>
>
> "caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
> news:OGzEQFyIIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get
>>> Mandriva Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows.
>>> A lot of persons in the country seem to still be swaying towards
>>> Windows regardless of the Mandriva deal.
>>
>>
>> Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our prices.
>> In any other industry it would be called dumping.
>
>
> So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.
>
> Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
> The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$ give it
> away they are not dumping.


No in business it is dumping. Linux in itself is
not a business. There are businesses built around
Linux and they do charge what they have to. They
don't cut their price to undercut MS.
So then it MS's cost is close to zero why do we
have to pay so much for it?
So MS is either dumping or gouging.
caver1
 
dennis@home wrote:
>
>
> "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OrmsL3yIIHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Frank wrote:
>>>
>>> You idiot...linux is free...so why are they ready, willing and able to
>>> pay of Windows OS?
>>> Think real hard for a while before answering...lol!
>>> Frank
>>
>> Linux is not free to the Nigerians.
>>
>
> Yes it is.
> Its the support that they have to pay through the nose for.
> That's why windows can be cheaper than Linux as windows has a massive
> support organization in place and it adds little to the costs to support
> a few extra users. Its Linux that is being dumped if its cheaper than
> windows.



$10 bucks for support? Linux support is probably
bigger than MS's and the majority of it is free.
And yes it is considered dumping it you cut your
price only to try to stop your competition from
gaining in the market place. The only place MS
cuts its cost is when it is afraid some other OS
may get in. If MS wasn't afraid it won't cut its
price because it would be pretty sure the other
would fail and MS would get that market share
back. So MS must be very scared.
caver1
 
"caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
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> dennis@home wrote:
>>
>>
>> "caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
>> news:OGzEQFyIIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>>> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get Mandriva
>>>> Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to Windows. A lot of
>>>> persons in the country seem to still be swaying towards Windows
>>>> regardless of the Mandriva deal.
>>>
>>>
>>> Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our prices.
>>> In any other industry it would be called dumping.
>>
>>
>> So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.
>>
>> Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
>> The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$ give it
>> away they are not dumping.
>
>
> No in business it is dumping. Linux in itself is not a business. There are
> businesses built around Linux and they do charge what they have to. They
> don't cut their price to undercut MS.
> So then it MS's cost is close to zero why do we have to pay so much for
> it?
> So MS is either dumping or gouging.
> caver1


So what's it called when you sell a "free" product ?
Gouging ?
Scamming?

Linux wants to play big business, but doesn't like the game ?
Boohoo
 
forty-nine wrote:
> "caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
> news:OIqZWC6IIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> dennis@home wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "caver1" <caver@inthemud.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OGzEQFyIIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>>>> My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get
>>>>> Mandriva Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to
>>>>> Windows. A lot of persons in the country seem to still be swaying
>>>>> towards Windows regardless of the Mandriva deal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our prices.
>>>> In any other industry it would be called dumping.
>>>
>>>
>>> So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.
>>>
>>> Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
>>> The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$ give it
>>> away they are not dumping.
>>
>>
>> No in business it is dumping. Linux in itself is not a business. There

>> to. They don't cut their price to undercut MS.
>> So then it MS's cost is close to zero why do we have to pay so much
>> for it?
>> So MS is either dumping or gouging.
>> caver1
>
>
> So what's it called when you sell a "free" product ?
> Gouging ?
> Scamming?
>
> Linux wants to play big business, but doesn't like the game ?
> Boohoo
>


Linux is not sold. Some services are sold or
programs that are built for Linux are sold.
the open source portion is never sold.
If you look at the Nigerian debacle MS wasn't
making the deal with the Nigerian gov't it was
making the deal with the supplier. The Nigerian
gov't had to step in and say no our contract was
for Mandriva. So MS was even trying to slip it in
under the table.
caver1
 
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