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Posted Tuesday 21st July 2009 09:25 GMT
Tom 7

So you want to run Linux?

sure - just pay MS for running an Windows Server 8 on the machine and you can run Linux on top of that. So if that's a server you presumably will have to pay for licenses for more than 5 (10?) connections to that Linux

Now I see what they're doing - trying to tax you for using Linux!

Just make sure you have linux compatible hardware (easy at server level) and you can do it for free!! Unless you want MS to 'support' your Linux distribution....

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