Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 22:25:05 -0800 From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org> To: Charlie Schloemer <smiledon@intop.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell Micro$oft what you think Message-ID: <4.1.19981121222234.03dab530@hyperreal.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9811220027410.14470-100000@tourney.intop.net > References: <Pine.SUN.4.02A.9811211024310.12739-100000@sdcc10.ucsd.edu>
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At 12:31 AM 11/22/98 -0600, Charlie Schloemer wrote: >Love or hate Microsoft, they're >largely responsible for the the low cost of PC hardware, What? >making their >software accessible and easy for home users. I don't care to ever USE any >of this software in my lifetime, but I enjoy being able to build a killer >system for $1500. FWIW. :-) If Microsoft was into hardware, your "killer" system would cost as much as a car. Widespread competition in a field built upon more-or-less open standards is the only reason why PC hardware is cheap. That and the Asian crisis of course. Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- History is made at night; brian@hyperreal.org character is what you are in the dark. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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