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HP and Dell drop Microsoft for Corel
1mck:
Chooco,
Here's the article that I found in Maclean's Magazine about the deal that Corel, and Microsoft entered into....Yeah, I was taken back by this also!
1mck
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posted August 16, 2002 04:14 PM
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I stumbled upon an article in "Maclean's" magazine, that really epitomizes how far that Microsoft is willing to go to cleanse the world of it's competition, and also how much Corel is lying. Please note, that this article is dated the 21st of February, 2001:
Probing Microsoft and Corel
The United States Justice Department's antitrust unit is investigating a deal reached last October between Microsoft and Ottawa-based software maker Corel corperation. Under the agreement, Redmond, Washington based Microsoft paid $208 million for 24% of Corel shares "and the Canadian company agreed to stop producing programs designed to run on the Linux Operating System, which competes with Microsoft Windows products."
I couldn't believe it when I read this, and yet I read about how Corel tried to make a go of it by providing their Linux OS free with their "Wordperfect Office Suite." Excuse my language, but BULLSHIT!!!! They sold out just like everybody else, and to think that I was going to write them a letter asking them to support "Lindows" when it comes out!
[ August 29, 2002: Message edited by: 1mck ]
AlexMax:
Thats' funny...
http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/minicat_dimen_8200.htm
I don't see any alternatives here... Not even FreeDOS... Are they waiting to impliment?
1mck:
They just announced it, so it's probably going to take them a while to update everything, but still could this be the beginning to a new era of being Microsoft free?
voidmain:
Re FreeDOS: You probably won't see it advertised. I believe it is more for corporate bulk buys. But you can always call them and ask...
[ August 29, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
sporkme:
i just called them, you can get it
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