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Date:      Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:59:37 -0500
From:      "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>
To:        David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FW: My Experience With FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20001025155937.A29757@home.com>
In-Reply-To: <39F7442A.78B679C5@acuson.com>; from djohnson@acuson.com on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 01:35:54PM -0700
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 01:35:54PM -0700, David Johnson wrote:
> "Victor R. Cardona" wrote:
> 
> > >  Doug, I would not aim Microsoft also. This is business. And nothing evil.
> > > Personally I do not like Microsoft products, they are unstable. But no one
> > > makes you to use them. Bill Gates did not come to people with automatic gun
> > > and tell them: "Hey Folk, buy Microsoft Products, or I will shoot you !".
> > > It's people who made Microsoft gigantic corporation. No one makes you to buy
> > > products, if you don't like it- do not buy it and do not use it. Easy as
> > > 1,2,3.
> > 
> > Try buying a new computer without Windows. Granted it is a lot easier
> > now then it once was, but still most off the shelf PCs come with
> > Microsoft software.
> 
> Far be it for me to defend Microsoft, but I seriously doubt that they
> actually held a gun to the head to Dell, Packard Bell, IBM, Acer, et al,
> forcing them to ship their products with Windows. It does no good
> calling Microsoft evil when it's the computer manufacturer that sells
> the "take it or leave it" systems.

I am sure no guns were involved, but you have to admit that it is a very
unusual contract. I don't see Dell et al asking for such a thing either.
However, I could be wrong.

Victor Cardona


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