On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Jon Biddell wrote:
> 4. Re: the anti-trust case - no-one forced people to buy Windows - they
> could have used CPM, Unix, OS/2, etc. etc. etc. Windows became the
> "standard" because people liked it.
Not true. Microsoft brought pressure to bear against major PC
manufacturers to force sale of the Windows "Operating System" to be
bundled with sold PC's. That was proven conclusively in the case in the
US.
People weren't offered a choice - witness the "I wanna buy a laptop
without Windows on it" case which was discussed on SLUG a couple of years
ago - it was almost impossible to get the manufacturers/retailers to sell
PC's without Windows - and even if they did, you didn't get any money off
for not buying it!
DaZZa
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