From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Dec 8 7:44:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D10637B405 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 07:44:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.144.106]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011208154432.ETOF3849.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:44:32 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB8FiVn63608; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:44:31 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA02839; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:43:59 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:43:59 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Mike Meyer , Konstantinos Konstantinidis , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brad Knowles Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011208154358.C280@localhost> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$c23ab140$0a0 <15377.17350.796336.801464@guru.mired.org> <006901c17f70$19a2f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <00d901c17fa0$9d81f800$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <013e01c17fad$059cb3b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <013e01c17fad$059cb3b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 06:56:03AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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