================================================ Subject: Backing up the XP subcribers a bit. Links to source. From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Fri 10 Aug 2001 20:18:31 -0400 ================================================ Keith P. Mears wrote: >>I heard a rumor about XP being a pay as you go system. Of course, i >>haven't heard anyone speak yet of the price for XP. >> > > "And anyway, I STILL can't provide a source for these RUMORS I keep pulling > out of my ass, so why should I care about the price?" Still no explaination about the plan for price. There were articles on the Internet regarding these matters. Instead of commenting further about the XP thing. I'll look for the articles. Here is one article that I bookmarked. It was about AOL, MS and Linux. But I only skimmed the article http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2771840,00.html Then the XP article at this link. It refers to the subscription thing< I'll try to link to atricles in the future. http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2803079,00.html Jim > > >>Windows wasn't free. Part of the price you paid for the computer was for >>the OS. Others paid for the packages. >> > > Which is fine with me, since I only paid $499 for 633mHz with 128MB SDRAM > and 14.0GB HD. Oh, and DVD-ROM upgrade free. Not to mention Incanta Video, > PowerDVD, Norton SystemWorks, StarOffice and several more applications that > I have no use for and have since removed. So I figure I ended up "paying" > about $5 for Windows. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > -- This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp