----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph L. Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rich Cloutier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "gnhlug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: New version of Windows
> Hi Rich,
>
> That URL comes up as crud on my browser? (Opera).
Sorry, I should have mentioned that the joke is Flash-based (*.swf is a
shockwave flash web page.)
>
> BTW my current rant. Why did Dell stop selling desktops with "no operating
> system" as an option?
>
> Dell cries linux support but its bull. If you want a desktop you have to
> buy windows, how the hell does it cost them more money to not install
> Windows? Sure you can get linux if you spend 3 grand on a server but don't
> try to buy a desktop for 900 bucks unless you give them an extra 100 to
> have Windows installed.
Microsoft strongarms OEMs into supplying Windows with every system. The jist
of it is this:
"If you sell a 'bare drive' system and someone puts a pirated copy of a
Microsoft operating system on it, we COULD come after YOU!!"
Of course such action would never stand up in court, especially if the sale
were made with the appropriate legal disclaimers, but a small or medium
sized OEM could be bankrupted winning that case...
>
> I can understand that selling linux desktop means they have to pay support
> staff, So How much does it cost again to handle the "no operating system"
> desktop support?
>
> I asked this to a Dell rep and got the "Well microsoft & Dell are really
> tight" story, ya ok I get it...
>
> Anyway send a complaint to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did this two weeks ago
> and got a 10 minute explanation on my message service from a sales rep
> about how linux desktop sales were too low to support it. (Support what?
> Hello? How much does it cost to support an blank disk again??" sigh...)
>
> Some new idea's for the Dell excuse line:
>
> A little Microsoft fairy waves his wand at the machine during production
> and windows gets installed and there is nothing Dell can do.
>
> Order it with windows (like you have a choice) and send us back the
windows
> cd pack and get a your money back. (It's not like anyone would use the
> pre-installed windows OS(sick) because microsoft would know if we tried.
> -joe
>
That's why I build ALL my systems. You can buy perfectly good blank disks on
line, without the mechanical wear incurred by installing and removing a
Microsoft OS.
Rich Cloutier
President, C*O
SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES
www.sysupport.com
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