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Moshe Goldfarb.
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      08-07-2008
On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:16:49 -0500, Charlie Wilkes wrote:

> ...that the Linux version of the Eee PC 1000 costs $150 more than the
> Windows XP version?
>
> Is this the free market at work, or is the market being rigged?
>
> How much does Microsoft pay Asus to sandbag Linux?
>
> Charlie


For the same reason stock Dell machines sold by Emporer Linux cost far more
than the same machines sold by Dell, with Windows Vista on them BTW.

Support costs....


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