I live in China, in the far far west and in the markets here you can pick up a copy of WindowsXP for 10 RMB - about US$1.25. A copy of Oracle IIi will set you back the grand total of 15 RMB - almost 2 dollars. A copy of Redhat will cost you the same as a copy of Oracle because the pricing is based on the number of CD's.
Tried to find a copy of OSX when we were up in the prefectural capital and they asked 500RMB for it - US$62. We could have haggled but weren't really interested.
If Linux has gained the ground the article says they have then good on them. At the end user level it would be almost impossible to get any meaningful figures.
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Wouldn't that be Single cHAnnel Ground and Airborne Radio System - SHAGARS?
It certainly sounds like they got shagged from where I am sitting.
I live in China, in the far far west and in the markets here you can pick up a copy of WindowsXP for 10 RMB - about US$1.25. A copy of Oracle IIi will set you back the grand total of 15 RMB - almost 2 dollars. A copy of Redhat will cost you the same as a copy of Oracle because the pricing is based on the number of CD's.
Tried to find a copy of OSX when we were up in the prefectural capital and they asked 500RMB for it - US$62. We could have haggled but weren't really interested.
If Linux has gained the ground the article says they have then good on them. At the end user level it would be almost impossible to get any meaningful figures.
if u send me an invite i'll send you a postcard from japan, korea, germany, estonia or finland... up to you...
Porn returned 12,100,000 hits, google 123,000,000.
Must like my distro more than yrs!
Seriously tho: why the variation?