On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 15:48:18 -0700, David Schwartz wrote:
> "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> What you call "clever marketing" the DOJ calls "monopolistic >> practices". The courts agreed with the DOJ. Having had several large >> PC manufacturers refuse to sell me a system without some form of >> Windows because MS made it impossible for them to compete if they >> didn't agree to do so, I agree with the courts and the DOJ. > > Go down to your local car dealer and see if you can buy a new car > without an engine. That's a false analogy. A better analogy is, "go to your local car dealer and see if you can buy a new car with the tyres of your choice." Even non-technical types can choose to run a non-Windows operating system on an Intel-compatible PC. So why do the tier-one vendors and all laptop manufacturers make their machines available only with Windows? Or on the very few occasions they will offer a naked PC, the price is the same as for PC + Windows. I'm aware of talk that Dell is selling Linux PCs at Walmart for less than the same hardware plus Windows. Talk is cheap -- I'm not aware of anyone who has actually seen these Linux PCs. I'd love to know either way. (Oh, and since I am in Australia, and we haven't yet been invaded by Walmart, I can't go and look for myself.) -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
