Re: Boycott Microsoft

[joe.ragosta@dol.net (Joe Ragosta)]

In article <3561c813.7318610@198.0.0.100>, nhughes@sunflower.com (nate) wrote:

> On Tue, 19 May 1998 18:20:33 -0500, don.brown@cesoft.com (Donald
> Brown) wrote:
> 
> <s>
> 
> >If, when this was added to the OEM contract, Compaq had said "This is 
> >unacceptable and we won't sign that contract", MS would have said "Enjoy 
> >your going out of business sale."
> 
> 
> What would stop Compaq from installing OS2, Linux, BE or whatever?
> Could it possibly be that people actually want WInodws, and not some
> other OS?  If M$ was a monopoly (which it isn't), then it would be so
> because it is what people want. 

Or, could it be that Microsoft's license agreements stop them?

No one denies that _most_ people are ordering Windows. That gives MS
enough clout to stop Compaq from including other OSs even on request. THAT
is monopolistic power.

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Regards,
Joe Ragosta
http://www.dol.net/~Ragosta/complmac.htm