Hi Julian, Egressive supplies machines with no MS-tax, sourcing the gear from either Insite or Dove... I strongly advocate going with locally assembled gear - the value for money is significantly greater, as is the upgradeability due to the use of standard components.
Again, not sure about laptops. We might be able to do a deal, though, if we talk to Dove. Alterntatively, you should be able to return your unused MS license for a refund if you wipe the Windows install before every starting the machine... If MS don't like that, it's a great opportunity for us to kick up a big stink. I, for one, am looking to fight the good fight :o) especially because I'm now convinced we'll win. Cheers, Dave On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 11:35, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > I don't think you could escape it on the laptops, however if you went with a locally >built Itec machine from Insite they can probably sell it without an OS. > > jeremyb. > > > From: Julian Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/05/10 Fri AM 11:20:26 GMT+12:00 > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: licentiousness > > > > Folks, > > > > We're just in the process of buying some new hardware. The people we're > > using have advocated Compaq gear, and we're keen to go with what they're > > offering. We're intending to use Red Hat on the server, desktop & laptop. > > > > The problem is that on the laptop & desktop lines they can't unbundle > > the Windows OS, and there's no way we can prevent money going to > > Microsoft. This just isn't acceptable to me. > > > > Has anyone else come up against this? What vendors are there that are > > free of this lockin? > > > > Julian > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Seradigm - Knowledge Management > > Julian Carver [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph (03) 332 2147 cell 021 684 147 www.seradigm.com > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- ** David Lane - Egressive Limited * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 03 963 3733 ** ** PO Box 24162, Christchurch, NZ * www.egressive.com ** 025 229 8147 ** ** Open Source: software for the discerning palate **** www.openz.org ** -- ** David Lane - Egressive Limited * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 03 963 3733 ** ** PO Box 24162, Christchurch, NZ * www.egressive.com ** 025 229 8147 ** ** Open Source: software for the discerning palate **** www.openz.org **
