Within minutes of posting yesterdays news about Ubuntu One we received an e-mail from Mandriva Linux, announcing their remote storage utility Click ‘n Backup.
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Unlike DropBox and Ununtu One, Click ‘n Backup is a pay only service, this means there is no free (gratis) option. However the rates do seem to be very attractive compared to that which is being offered by the previously mentioned providers.
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The obvious question is should you take advantage of this facility, and the answer that CoConut Solutions is offering is a resounding NO!!! The reasons for this are twofold.

Firstly it appears that there are a lot of providers coming onto the market right now, and they are all going to be competing against each other for business. If you want to go with one of them, and can afford to wait, CoConut Solutions is advising that you do so in order that you can get the best possible deal.

Secondly, as we have previously mentioned, CoConut Solutions offer off-site secure storage for your most valuable data. We will always offer the most competitive personal service that we can. We will provide you with the service that you require, always tailoring our product to meet your needs.
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If you have any questions about how CoConut Solutions can streamline your data storage needs, drop us an e-mail
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You  push Linux Ubuntu because you make more money out of it

If only that were true! CoConut Solutions supplies software ‘at cost’, be-it the price of a licensed MS Windows disc or the price of the Linux media. What our clients pay for is our time in installing the software, setting things up, and where required giving basic training in its use.
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Typically for the cost of my just installing Windows XP onto your computer, we can install Ubuntu, set up the computer in a home or office, and give basic training to a Linux novice. Cost-wise, the money is the same. Value for money, our customers get more by opting for Linux.
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I have a pirated version of Windows on my computer. The idea of Linux appeals to me, but I know Windows and I don’t feel confident having a computer that doesn’t have the features that I’m used to.

There are a number of options open to you. CoConut Solutions can save your data, and install a licensed version of Windows. Alternatively it may be possible to install Linux on the same hard disc as your existing Windows install.
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This is called a dual-boot, and when installed after powering up the computer, you would be given a menu offering you the choice of booting into either Windows or the Linux operating system. We find that after only a week, many of CoConut Solutions’ customers use the Windows system less and less as they become productive with Linux. Of course the learning curve is different for different customers.

Microsoft is one of the biggest corporations in the World, surely losing my $1000TT won’t do them any harm?  Besides aren’t Linux operating systems are ‘given away’?

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When you say biggest, I think that you mean richest.  Compare the numbers of actual developers there are far more developers working on Linux based distributions than there are developers employed by Microsoft.
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Without getting into economics, different companies have different business models.  For example, MS makes a lot of it’s money selling Windows and MS branded products.  Whereas Canonical Ltd, the company behind Linux Ubuntu, derives it’s revenue through other means such as technical support.
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I want Windows because I want the most up-to-date system.

Ubuntu releases a new version of its Linux based operating system every 6 months, other Linux distributions release on similar regular time-scales.  Even the version of Ubuntu CoConut Solutions recommends to corporate and less experience home users was only released in April 2008 (8.04 Hardy Heron).
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Compare that to Microsoft:  Windows XP was released in 2001.  Five years later in 2006, Vista was launched. The next version of Windows will not be out until late in 2009.  If you want up-to-date, then Linux is the answer.