Comic Transcript
ALEX: The truth is, Nifty Doorways 7: “Dust Bowl” Edition is yet another weapon in our war against Linux.
CUSTOMER: How? It’s a stripped-down, crippled version of your operating system, while Linux is filled with extra features and completely free.
ALEX: Exactly. Linux is free. “Dust Bowl” is cheap.
CUSTOMER: Free is better than cheap.
ALEX: For consumers, maybe. But if you want to sell something to companies, cheap is always better than free.
CUSTOMER: How do you figure that?
ALEX: Companies distrust free. To them, free means “we don’t support this software.” If they pay for something, they can reasonably expect some level of support for it.
CUSTOMER: So they’re paying for your support?
ALEX: No, we don’t actually provide any support for “Dust Bowl…” but it’s reasonable for them to think we do.
