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On 21/01/11 07:35, EMB wrote:
> On 20/01/2011 10:38 p.m., Sweetpea wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:32:40 +1300, EMB wrote:
>>
>>> They are in a better situation than with linux - where there is
>>> an almost complete lack of commercial support available to them.
>>
>> rubbish! There is plenty of commercial support for *nix.
>>
> As usual you twist the topic - *nix != linux.
>
> And there is virtually no commercial linux support available to
> retail end users.
>
To be fair there's virtually no commercial support for Windows either.

Cheers,

Cliff

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:27:44 +1300, EMB wrote:

> I know of 5 or 6 businesses locally that provide support to retail end
> users of Windows. I think one of them *may* provide linux support.

how could they provide expert support for *nix when they're only Windows
boffins?


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On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:20:37 +1300, EMB wrote:

>> how could they provide expert support for *nix when they're only
>> Windows boffins?
>>
>>
> Who would bother with the expense of training and certification for a
> potential market of virtually zero?

Agreed - any OS has a "potential market" of "virtually zero".


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