On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Mark Tomlinson wrote: > > rang iTEC (Insite) and asked the sales team, who replied "due to our > > contracts with Microsoft, we can not supply PCs without windows". After > > I know that it is true that microsoft have these sort of contracts. I was > wondering though - is there anything the commerce commision can do to stop > this sort of anti-competitive behaviour in New Zealand? If microsoft can be > even made to bend to "cannot supply PCs without an OS", then retail shops > should be able to supply you a machine with FreeDOS.
This is somewhat off-topic but IMHO you are deluding yourself. New Zealanders are being taken for a ride at every possible corner, on basically _all_ stuff. Please don't trust me, go to Yahoo shopping, or BizRate or Amazon and compare the prices. Just few examples; I looked at some items of interest: Digital Cameras: Canon Powershot G3 1900-2200 NZ$, 650-800US$ Keyboards: Yamaha PSR 550 2000NZ$, 500-570US$ Even food is about 50-100% dearer than e.g. in Dubai (I have a friend working there) Computers are the least inflated, if you go to a no-name shop, that is. New Zealand must be a rich country if they can afford these prices ;-) Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
