On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:00:30AM +0800, Franki wrote: > The point is that it SHOULDN'T be legal for M$ to have them sign agreements > like that...
True, but that's a battle I'm unable to fight. The only possible way I can fight that is by voting for a President that won't appoint a bunch of whores to the U.S. Department of Justice--unlikely in the current climate. (I *did* vote in the last presidential election.) That's why I think it's important to let businesses know that they are losing sales due to their agreement with MS, that's the only language they understand: the almighty dollar. Todd > in fact, it should be punishably illegal. > > thats like telling GM that all your cars must have firestone tyres if you > ever plan on having firestone on any of them.. > > Its ridiculous and only in the IT industry could it happen. > > > rgd > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Todd Slater > Sent: Tuesday, 12 November 2002 11:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm getting peeved! > > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:45:44PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 Nov 2002 11:57 am, you wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 21:45, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > at the predictable response from hardware manufacturers. I don't > usually > > > > snap at people like this, but... > > > > > > > > Quote > > > > > > > > OK - I'll buy a Hauppage card that does. > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > Anne, look - for all intents and purposes, you're swimming upstream > > > here. Manufacturers don't care about US - they care about money. They > > > care about marketing. > > > > In the end, lost sales do count. Mine alone will do nothing, but the more > > often we can tell them that we have gone to a competitor who does better > and > > the sooner they will take notice. > > Exactly. I checked out an offer from Gateway for a $399 computer. I went > into a Gateway support chat session and asked if I could get a Gateway > computer without an operating system. The support person said that no, > Gateway can't sell a computer without an OS, they have an agreement with > MS. Thank you very much, I said. > > On exiting the chat, I was prompted to fill out a survey on the > experience. Under additional comments, I asked, "I wonder how many more > computers Gateway could sell if it didn't force customers to pay the > Microsoft tax?"
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