----- Original Message -----
From: Trond K. Tveit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ben Steeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [voyager] Re: Voyager Crashes
> On 05-May-99 02:40:18, Ben Steeves wrote in Voyager:
> Even if you are going to use Linux or BeOs or whatever, you still can't
buy
> a PC without Windows (Mostly preinstalled). So unless you build your own
> system, Billy boy still gets your money..
I don't know about your country, but in Canada it's illegal for a OEM
supplier to force a copy of Windows on you. If you don't want it, they
can't charge you for it. 99% of pre-built computers come with Windows, but
if you specify "No Windows for me!", they *have* to take it out of the
bundle; they can't refuse to sell it (the bundle) to you.
Or you can go the route I did and specify the parts I wanted my computer
made of when I bought it. I specified RedHat 5.0 Linux as the operating
system, and that's what I got.
Ben
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