A day or two ago, a message came up on the list (no time to look it up just now) from a guy who was starting a business in Florida selling loaded Linux machines for around $800. Mercenary that I am, I dutifully forwarded it to my boss. A little background: Our company does data consulting for the health care industry, specifically pharmacies and the companies who sell them management systems. Many of those vendors' applications run on SCO, which starts at a ballpark $1400 per machine and doesn't come close to Linux (but then what does?). Since we often need to simulate our clients' systems in our lab, we've been playing with porting some vendors' applications to Linux, and so far the success rate has been quite promising. I've talked to a couple of our vendors, and they've often never heard that anything like Linux exists, and they respond to my endorsements with open-mouthed astonishment. Anyhow, right now my boss is faxing the original announcement of the $800 systems to executives from about a half dozen of those vendors who currently use SCO. What a great boss I do have. I'll report back if we get any nibbles. -m -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
