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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?

Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
From: "Karl Thomas" <karlt96@nox.nyx.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 04:19:48 -0400
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.atari.advocacy, comp.sys.atari.st, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair
References: <9ikva3$ple$1@nereid.worldonline.nl> <Pine.SUN.3.96.1010713122152.26976A-100000@compass.oregonvos.net> <Pine.SUN.3.96.1010713124315.26976B-100000@compass.oregonvos.net> <rcb3lt0t5lkofiocf6i3e3bap6vfivfqpi@4ax.com> <3B534045.54F7EE50@home.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107161548550.29717-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> <tm5c7r80efvu17@corp.supernews.com> <MPG.15cd31c7b6520f2598969c@news-server.nc.rr.com>
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:22509 comp.sys.amstrad.8bit:4034 comp.sys.apple2:11939 comp.sys.atari.8bit:7468 comp.sys.atari.advocacy:821 comp.sys.atari.st:14847 comp.sys.cbm:19482 comp.sys.sinclair:47081

"David Ogg" <davidogg@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
MPG.15cd31c7b6520f2598969c@news-server.nc.rr.com">news:MPG.15cd31c7b6520f2598969c@news-server.nc.rr.com...
> In article <tm5c7r80efvu17@corp.supernews.com>, sands@cableone.com
> says...
> > but if you use windows a Pc maker can not use ANY OTHER OS
> > or they lose their lic. from microsoft that why Gateway owns Amiga
> > you do not put out an Amiga computer because they would lose Windows..
>
> Not true, We sell other OS's, give us a call for a quote, and I'll prove
> it.
> Microsoft doesn't impose those restrictions on us.

> Compaq puts out other OS's, ones that compete squarely with NT/2000!
> Dell, IBM offer Linux.
> Not to mention SGI offers unix.
>
> Not sure where this rumor started, but I've heard it before.


Even Apple had a license to bundle Win'95 at one point (PC Compatibility
cards).

References:
- If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "T.J.T van Kooten" <thomas@-nospam-worldonline.nl>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: Beyonder <beyonder@vrx.net>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: James Alexander <james-m-alexander@home.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "Dave R." <watson@enteract.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: "sands-of-iowa" <sands@cableone.com>
- Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
  - From: David Ogg <davidogg@nc.rr.com>

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