From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jun 6 20:24:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20C0937B407; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:24:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f573NkV07692; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:23:46 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200106070323.f573NkV07692@harmony.village.org> To: slumos@nevada.edu Subject: Re: Laptop without Windows Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Jun 2001 16:49:30 PDT." <991871370.3b1ec18a263e1@webmail.scsv.nevada.edu> References: <991871370.3b1ec18a263e1@webmail.scsv.nevada.edu> <3B1D5F9D.A3B81F5D@iowna.com> <20010606110031.D594@ur.persia> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 21:23:46 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <991871370.3b1ec18a263e1@webmail.scsv.nevada.edu> slumos@nevada.edu writes: : Confused. I thought that a) Microsoft changed the part of the license that : allowed people to request a refund, and b) Dell has been shipping at least : Precision (and maybe Dimension) series systems with Linux for around a year now. : I've noticed that sometimes the same system is cheaper with Linux and sometimes : it's cheaper with Windows. Perhaps some dynamic pricing going on there? Your confusion stems from the fact that you assume Microsoft's business practics are ethical and fair. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message