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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