Author: Jay Rinde
Date: 09:19:55 08/09/01
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On August 09, 2001 at 09:00:34, Adam Oellermann wrote: ><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 (quantifier used with count nouns; often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that') amounting to a large but indefinite number 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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