Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Vorlon
Date : Fri May 05 2023 15:30:46

Hi Poindexter,

 On Thursday May 04 2023, Poindexter Fortran said to Vorlon:

 Vo>> No one is forced to pay for windows, unless you go for a name brand
 Vo>> (Ie: HP/Dell etc).. They have deals with MS. There is *nothing*
 Vo>> stopping you from putting on another OS from a non name brand pc.

 PF> Agreed, albeit in the past Microsoft worked with the courts to have
 PF> computer manufacturers pay them whether Microsoft was installed or not.
 PF> This was a condition of selling any Microsoft products and was an
 PF> example of their abuse of monopoly power in the '90s.

Can't say I remember or heard about that going on here (Australia). What I
do remember is so much software was written for that MS product that it was
rare to not sell a PC with it installed (OEM)..

I no longer work in the cusumer space, but small/medium bussness and as a
result 99% of installs use that product...

What the avreage person dosn't understand is that due to that products bloat
it takes a tank to run... Do the same task on Linux/BSD and it will run with
a quarter of the requirements.




\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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