David Schwartz wrote: > "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>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. > > > How could he resell an OS that "could be developed"? If nobody wants > these operating systems, then it doesn't hurt him not to be able to sell > them. If people want them, then he could have shown Microsoft the door. Shouldn't it be my right as a seller, to decide that I want to sell an operating system 'that nobody wants' _as well as_ operating systems that 'everybody wants'? So it *hurts* me if I am not able to sell these. That it doesn't hurt me financially doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt me (e.g. my freedom, ideas of morality, whatever).
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