M$: OEM Windows is only 5% of PC cost.

[Xoj]

heruamon said:

Xoj said:

heruamon said:

Xoj said:
Ubuntu = 0% of OEM cost.

what it can't do windows can't? direct x11
(it can do 9 =P).

and it does opengl 3.2 nicely :D

Errr...so how do you make money off ubuntu?  maybe video cards and processors should be free too...hey...why are we even paying for the PCs...this shit should all be free...WTF is going on here!  Maybe we should jsut get a bunch of engineers and technicians and jsut work on stuff in a commune to build a totally free PC...sorry...but communism doesn't work...sooner of later...somebody is going to try to get that extra slice of pie... 

Red hat does it by provinding support, and those things are hardware. ;)

germany and brazil are smart people they already moving to linux and saving millions on licenses.

or you saying linux = evil comunist ?!! oh noez!

I know about unbuntu (the term, BTW was copyrighted...how the heck can you copyright an old African principle?...this is like saying I'm going to copyright Carpe Diem...or Freedom!)

Sorry, but nothing is free in life, and it's just a matter of pay now or pay later...I'm still not sure why you don't think other "components" of a PC should be free...and have everthing on a service fee basis...why only focus on the OS?

nothing in this life is free? of course there is, ubuntu is one it made for the people, canonical funds the development with other sources of course.

but using the OS is free, and it's going to change.

red hat makes money from giving support to companies, 

hardware is not free because besides the human work emsambling the piece, there is  materials used to build  but bulding yourself a pc is free u only pay for the components.

linux it's the same but the materials are free, you only install the components you want. some people do that work for free, test and package the components that conform and OS.

and make it easy to install them and update them.