> >>If we accept the concept of free market based on fair competition then a
>>>consumer does have a right to expect one producer to not interfere with
>>>their choice of going with another producer.
>
>But, Jim, are you saying MS interfered with my "choice" of O/S because they
>coerced Compaw/Dell/Gateway/et.al into pre-installing Windoze? Bullshit. My choice
>is Linux, and as soon as I get/got my machine I reformatted the drive and installed
>it instead.
That works for MS, they've already got their money from you.
Whether or not you used Windows, you paid for it.
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-- Marshall
"The era of big government is over."
Bill Clinton, State of the Union Address, January 23, 1996
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