Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:53:50 08/13/04
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On August 12, 2004 at 15:55:45, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>On August 12, 2004 at 14:37:14, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Ed, as I posted in that thread several times, in the USA large manufacturers are
>selling PCs without Windows preinstalled. If situation in Europe is different,
>that is not MS fault.
>
>I previous posts I gave some numbers and speculated why manufacturers are
>preferring to sell Windows-only systems:
>
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?381764
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?381847
>
>Thanks,
>Eugene
Nice theory study using an Internet search that does not hold water when you try
in practice, in the real world, to get a computer from a known brand without
Windows. It is very difficult to get a desktop computer from Dell/HP/IBM/Toshiba
and so on without Windows. It is in practice IMPOSSIBLE to get a laptop from
these manufacturers without Windows.
Christophe
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