On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, curious wrote:
I missed an earlier fallacy here:
> > here's the problem, you *have* to sell MS's product in order to survive,
> > and you have to get it at the same price as everyone else in order to
> > remain competative in order to survive, hence, you have to get MS's
> > product at the same price everyone else is getting it at in order to
> > survive. Got that?
>
> I don't belive this is the case... VAlinux systems, penguin computing,
> thelinuxstore, etc... have been doing just fine.. heck microway sells both
> types of systems and sells linux systems for less...
Do you HONESTLY think that VA sells no MS? That they have no OEM agreement
with MS?
> > You have a choice, deal with MS or die. Some choice.
>
> As stated earlyer there are other choices...
::sigh:: You still don't get it. There isn't, by definition, ADEQUATE
other choices because of MS's bullying tactics.
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