Kevin Mark writes: > the cost of dell (or other products) includes window support and payments > from Microsoft and other software makers. This is almost the 'profit' to > dell. With an o/s less computer, they would not get this 'profit'...
You are not making sense. Rest assured that there is a _large_ flow of money from Dell to Microsoft. > Unless they said that you would not get any support and you'd have to pay > for it from a 3rd party. The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with custom Dell test software. Linux would make a convenient base for such a CD. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
