Subject: Re: Another: can't *not* buy Win95 on Dell or Gateway
Chip Copeland (analyst@wirelesscabl.com)
Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 09:56:13 -0400
From: "Chip Copeland" <analyst@wirelesscabl.com> To: <roundtable@cni.org> Subject: Re: Another: can't *not* buy Win95 on Dell or Gateway Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 09:56:13 -0400
On Mon, May 04, 1998, James Love <love@cptech.org> wrote:
>
> Ted Kircher <kircher@realtime.com> wrote:
> >
> > Since an operating system (any of them) is many orders of magnitude
> > more *functional* complex than all of hardware in a system, a naked
> > (only hardware) system could not be guaranteed from a practical
> > perspective. Even my 'hole in the wall' store would not do this.
>
> Ted, you are so ready to accept outrageous market outcomes, I am a
> bit disappointed. Windows is the only product I can think of that you
> are not permitted to not buy -- even when you already have bought one
> or more licenses already. When I go to the grocery store, I can leave
> without buying a box of wheaties. Why can't I buy a PC from a
> manufacturer that I have heard of, without buying Microsoft Windows?
> Why does it seem natural to you that it would be impossible to buy a
> computer without sending a check to Microsoft? Why can't people be
> allowed to just say no thanks -- I would rather not purchase that
> product -- please. Let me keep my money -- I have better things to
> do with it. Why not? How can this be considered a choice?
You have the choice to buy a Mac.
Chip Copeland
<analyst@wirelesscabl.com>
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