Atul wrote:
Also, it may not be a bad idea to request OEMs (Dell, Lenovo, Acer, HP etc.), who sell windows loaded PCs, to load oo.o. Is this possible? Do they have a legal binding not to load non-MS software? Any other issues?
It isn't.,per se, a legal binding. There are three things involved here:; * The OEM licence cost is based on number of units shipped with Microsoft products. Some OEM contracts have an adjustment for percentage of units shipped with Microsoft products. * If "too many" units are shipped with non-Microsoft software,Microsoft can (and has) turn around and claim that all units shipped with Microsoft software, were shipped with pirated software. * Microsoft is running campaigns claiming that all FLOSS is pirated software,and as such users should be penalized to the maximum extent of the law. [Microsoft has increasingly turned to bribes to enforce governments and companies to use its projects, and to pass legislation to ban FLOSS. Mass is just one example of a state that was subject to Microsoft bribers.The fast track that Microsoft is pursuing for its open XML format is another example of their bribing of officials to work against the public good.] xan jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
