In comp.os.linux.misc David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) There is no other operating system worth selling. In this case, you > are right, you have no choice but to sell the Microsoft OS, but the deal > they're offering you harms you in no way. (Unless you intended to sell PCs > with no OS at all.)
> 2) There are other realistic competing operating systems. In this case, > you were foolish to agree to Microsoft's deal. You lost out on the realistic > competing markets. That is, unless Windows only really was a better deal, in > which case you were wise to take the deal and have no reason to be upset. 3) there are plenty of other OSs that are developed or could be developed but which cannot get a foothold or even manage to be put on the shelves because the majority product producer insists on charging hardware manufacturers for every box produced, whether or not it carries their o/s, and does other nasty things like sabotaging their own products so they won't work with a clone o/s. Sorry - that's not legal, fair, just, or good for the market. It means that anybody with a 51% share of the market automatically gets 100%. Stop this apologism now. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
