Re: Why is SP2 so big? It doesn't do much

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From: ToolPackinMama (laura_at_lauragoodwin.org)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:46:25 -0400

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
> But that is what you were saying "for the OS alone"

Yes, for the OS alone...

The Linux CD's aren't for the OS alone. One CD is enough to hold the
Linux OS alone. The Linux CDs include hundreds (thousands?) of
utilities and applications, including a full office suite (Open Office)
and a Photoshop-type image manipulation program (GIMP). Therefore,
several Linux CDs is not the same as one XP CD, especially not at that
price. A Linux distro of several CDs worth of OS and apps and add-ons
costs a tiny fraction of what it costs for the XP OS alone.

That's a fact.

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