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To: "Jason" <kib@poboxes.com>
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Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... 
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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Part of the problem with this line of thinking is that PC OEM must
be free to distribute alternative OS without illegal reprecussion
from Microsoft . The other component is that the application 
vendors must be convinced to port their applications to an alternative
OS of course they are welcome to become successful in the MS World and
if they should we all know what follows next .

	Cheers,
	Amancio

> >what platform it runs on.  That's market control, the buyer has virtually
> no
> >say in what gets implemented.  It is either the M$ solution or nothing.
> You
> >either develop to the M$ standard or you don't develop at all.  All of this
> 
> 
> Who says that....if all the app venders and users get sick and tired of
> windows and microsoft then they should abegin developing their apps for
> other platforms and begin promoting it to the public.  Its not a hard thing
> to do to make an app run on other OSs.
> 
> Jason
> 



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