On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 13:16, Harv Nelson wrote: > Harv mounts the soapbox and clears his throat ..... > > Here are a couple suggestions you might like to try: > > 1) If you are thinking about buying a new machine, call one of the > sellers ... DELL comes to mind (cuz that's the one I called) ... and ask > them if the bundled operating system (usually XP) includes the install > media. The answer is usually, "No, we send you a 'recovery disk' in > case you ever need it". Ask them if they will sell you a machine > without an operating system installed. Again, the answer will usually > be, "No, we have an agreement with Microsoft that says we have to > include the OS on every machine we sell." Then, regardless how good of > a deal it is, tell them, "No, I think I'll shop where I have a choice of > systems. My son (daughter, husband, cousin, uncle) likes Linux and will > help me with it." > > As soon as it becomes apparent to the corporate heros that have missed a > significant number of sales because of the license agreements, then > they may change their tune and offerings.
</sbin/mount /dev/soapbox /mnt/soapbox> Why not even go so far as to help to organise pickets at stores that specifically sell ONLY M$ bundled machines - stressing "choice"? </sbin/umount /dev/soapbox> -- Thu May 29 13:25:00 EST 2003 13:25:00 up 1 day, 15:58, 4 users, load average: 1.13, 1.36, 1.42 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * ... If I had heart failure right now, I couldn't be a more fortunate man!!
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