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

[bbolsoey@rl.telia.no.nospam (Bj�rnar Bols�y)]

James Coupe <james@zephyr.org.uk> wrote in
<6EG+ci0efUZ7Ew70@gratiano.zephyr.org.uk>: 
>In message <MPG.15cede648df0ba4c9896a6@news-server.nc.rr.com>,
>David Ogg 
> <davidogg@nc.rr.com> writes

>> A monopoly means the consumer has no choice.
>
>Not in the real world.
>
>A choice can still be available when a company is monopolistic -
>like Microsoft, for instance.  And most users *didn't* get a
>choice, because of the licensing agreements with major PC
>manufacturers which is how a lot of people buy hardware.

 Well the users have always had a choice, simply to drop the
 OEM version of Windows and pay extra for the retail version.
 The vendors and dealers were just never any good at informing
 the consumers. 

 Who are to blame, really?


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