On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:21:18PM -0400, vanillicat wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:20:37 -0700 > "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Total curiosity here but why on Earth would you purchase 100 Xboxes to > > run Linux? Weren't you complaining in the "Problem with Debian" > > thread about giving money to Microsoft? > > > > Just curious. > > Since Microsoft loses money on each Xbox purchase (the idea being > they'll start making a profit when the user purchases something like 3 > games), in a way, this is taking money from Microsoft.
If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. -rob
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