Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 10:30:56

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Mon Apr 25 2022 07:13 am

 Ni>> At any rate, I still don't know why buying a copy of Windows would
 Ni>> seem weird.. It's just another thing to factor in when you're buying
 Ni>> your computer components.

 PF> It would only seem weird if you're buying a computer to run *nix and are 
 PF> forced, along with anyone else buying computer hardware to buy Windows in 
 PF> order for the OEM to continue selling Windows products.

 PF> Between forced purchase agreements, strong-arming vendors, forced 
 PF> incompatibility with Microsoft and alternative OSes, and Office bundling 
 PF> agreements, Microsoft made the most of a monopoly position in the software
 PF> space.

Yeah, that's true.  There have been a few times when I've bought a PC that came with a Windows serial number that I wanted to install Linux on instead.  Usually those have been used PCs I've bought though.

Nightfox
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