Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:43:59 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Konstantinos Konstantinidis <kkonstan@duth.gr>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011208154358.C280@localhost> In-Reply-To: <013e01c17fad$059cb3b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:56:03AM %2B0100 References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 <15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org> <006901c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a05101004b8373f5230e8@[10.0.1.16]> <00d901c17fa0$9d81f800$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <a0510100bb8375314d283@[10.0.1.16]> <013e01c17fad$059cb3b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:56:03AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Brad writes: > > > Yes they do. > > I usually see them in stores buying as individuals. > Indeed, where they will invariably purchase a machine running Windows, because that's all that the store sells, because that's all that most manufacturers produce. I wonder why that might be? Surely nothing to do with the licencing practices of a certain monopolist company? I doubt that most of these customers are asked about their requirements much beyond 'how much are you willing spend', nor are they told that any alternatives to Windows might exist. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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