@timgray: Open Office, the Turing tarpit of business software.

@timgray: No it doesn't.

@Arnold Qin: If you don't need any particular Windows program, you're a perfect candidate for Linux, go for it.

@anechoic: You mean "two great distros for very dedicated Linux hackers who are also interested in multimedia".

If you even need to ask, the answer is Ubuntu.

@Squalor: you would say that

@Squalor: and you're commenting from a renfaire

@gtig: So what you're saying is normally you would be able to command a salary of $120k-$150k for on-site small business tech support?

@Syndication: Of course Apple geniuses will only touch Apple hardware, they're Apple experts.

Of course it will be tax deductible, it's a cost of doing business. Why even mention this?

@pseudorocket: Whenever it makes for a better headline.

@Vogie: And gut their profits?

@gilligan156: Thanks for dropping by, hive mind representative!

@cinnamonster: this is original and insightful commentary

@Maxis47: e-ink's only benefit is that other people can see you read it

@wanderingrabbi: Sure, if by "same" you mean a screen with the same resolution but terrible colour reproduction and brightness and so on, or a case that's injection moulded plastic instead of milled aluminum, and a battery that lasts half as long and dies in half the time etc.

@Snertly: profits > market share

@Croebh: Microsoft's net margin on all goods sold is higher than Apple's net margin on all goods sold.

@Snertly: profits market share

0.29%, no big deal, just a few million emails lost.