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Subject: Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT]

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 11:37:14 08/12/04

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On August 12, 2004 at 13:22:51, Christophe Theron wrote:

>That's not really the problem. The problem is about abuse of power by one
>company that has repeatedly proven that it does not hesitate to break the law
>whenever it sees an opportunity to get more control over the world. Now that a
>strong alternative exists, why are we still giving our money and support to the
abuser?

For which misuse of power the EU recently penalized MS for 500 million euro.

As a frequent buyer of new hardware I estimate I have at least paid 10 times for
W98/XP while I did not want to have it. It's almost impossible here to buy a new
PC without Windows.

Ed

• Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT] Eugene Nalimov 12:55:45 08/12/04
  • Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT] Christophe Theron 08:53:50 08/13/04
    • Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT] Enrique Irazoqui 13:24:19 08/13/04
      • Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT] Christophe Theron 15:17:17 08/13/04
    • Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT] Frank Phillips 09:36:17 08/13/04

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