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This sounded like a business reason to me:

After a run-in with Microsoft and the BSA, Sterling Ball converted all his
company's operations to open-source software. He explains why he'll never go
back to Redmond's products:
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020490,39115887,00.htm

Perhaps Bill Gates is the Antichrist....

Scott Ingvaldson
AS/400 System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 16:55:16 -0500
from: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1528

<Snip>
Anyway, first off, why (for pure business reasons) switch to Linux
desktops?  Hardware costs?  Software costs?  What?  ("Bill Gates is the
Antichrist" is not an acceptable reason.)
</Snip

Joe
   
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