From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 5 21:55:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E92D37B401; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:55:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f564tVl20646; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:55:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Jamie Bowden" , "Bill Moran" Cc: "Flemming Froekjaer" , , Subject: RE: Laptop without Windows Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:55:31 -0700 Message-ID: <000401c0ee44$e9a89420$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jamie Bowden >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 5:32 PM > >You can alternately just say No when you are asked if you agree to the >license terms the first time you start the machine. Dell can't stop >shipping Windows, MS will not only up the price, they have threatened >resellers with refusing them availability at all. MS has a monopoly, they >have abused this power and been convicted, correct > nothing will be done about it, incorrect. Unlike many places this country operates under the rule of law. Even convicted criminals have rights, such as the right of appeal. Microsoft is a criminal organization but they also have the right to appeal, which they have. If they lose the appeal then something _will_ be done about it - that is the law. Sorry that the justice system doesen't work as quickly to your satisfaction. Maybe you could complain to your Republican representative - it's that party that has delayed so many judicial appointments and caused the slowness in the court system. Did you vote in the last election? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message