OT: Two ways Microsoft sabotages Linux desktop adoption

[Mike McCarty]

taharka wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 15:08 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>taharka wrote:
>>
>>>Howdy,
>>>
>>>On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 20:04 +0000, David Fletcher wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Not necessarily. Look at this page:-
>>>>
>>>>http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbsextra.html?NNB-360
>>>
>>>
>>>OK, but they don't offer alternative OS preinstallation either. Also, if
>>>ordering from the U.S. (if it is even possible), I'd imagine it would be
>>>cheaper/less expensive to buy locally with XP preinstalled :-(
>>
>>As I pointed out, this is an argument *against* your position, not
>>*for* it.
> 
> 
> Huh, my position? Or did you mean Temlakos's position?

Er, sorry if I got the attribution incorrect. I meant the position
that people are being *coerced* into paying for *nothing* and/or
for something they don't want.

Mike
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