Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 13:24:19 08/13/04
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On August 13, 2004 at 11:53:50, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1635575,00.asp Enrique > Christophe
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