Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:04:50 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Scott Mitchell" <scott.mitchell@mail.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: <03df01c18002$11aee8d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><000b01c17f42$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> <20011208154358.C280@localhost>
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Scott writes: > 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. All the stores I know of sell at least Windows and the Mac, and most sell Linux as well, although only the first two of these are usually available preinstalled. > I wonder why that might be? It isn't. > Surely nothing to do with the licencing > practices of a certain monopolist company? Correct. Apple has no control over Windows licensing, and vice versa, and Linux is free to anyone. > 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. Nor does it matter, since the type of operating system they use is no more important to them than the technology of the washing machine they buy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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