Bill Jonas on Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:25:17 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] China embraces Linux?


On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Joel A. Matz wrote:

>I've often wondered why the pure economics issues didn't play a more
>significant factor in implementation within our own borders...

My off-the-cuff guess would be that American Business tends to see
quality as a proportional function of price.  ("If it's free, how good
can it be?")  Interesting to note this attitude simultaneous with
complaining about the price.

OTOH, I could be way off base here.

Bill
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