Op 2005-10-23, David Schwartz schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Roedy Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:10:24 -0700, "David Schwartz" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted : > >>> If the deal didn't give you more than it cost you, all you had to do >>> was >>>say 'no'. I understand the frustration at being forced to pay for >>>something >>>what it is worth. > >> The choice was go along with MS arm twisting or go out of business. > > Only because the product they were providing you was so important you > were unable to do business without it. > >> I call that extortion. > > Microsoft had something you need so badly that you could not go into > business without it. So they demanded from you that you pay them what their > software was actually worth to you. That is not extortion. Everyone who > sells something tries to get the maximum possible value for it.
If a company wants to be paid for things it didn't deliver, then I think that is extortion. Microsoft want te be paid a license on windows for P.C.'s that were sold without windows. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
