Author: Adam Oellermann
Date: 06:00:34 08/09/01
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<snip> > >There's a nice new notebook from Compaq - the first one with an Athlon 4 >processor, 850 MHz. Very good for your favorite computer chess program, BTW. > >Why don't you try to buy it without Windows? Or you can build it yourself.. Give it a few weeks. You'll be able to buy/assemble a comparable system without Windows. >Unfortunately, one cannot live without Windows. That's what a de facto monopoly >is all about. Hmm. I disagree. Although I am a Windows user, I know many people who *never* user Windows. Many of them continue to live. Some may even be posting on this board. >This whole discussion has been twisted round too much. It was not about people >"stealing" (???) from Microsoft, it was about Microsoft ripping people off. >As I said, they are the real pirates. So don't buy their software. To be honest, I think that Compaq desktops are too pricey for the performance they deliver. Just my opinion. I don't call it piracy, or ripping me off, I just don't by Compaq. I don't see that MS is any different - if they are ripping people off, then millions of people queue up to be ripped off each year (myself included) and are pretty satisfied with the outcome. - Adam
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