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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: sime on 20 January 2004, 13:02

Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: sime on 20 January 2004, 13:02
One day the equivalent of our monopolies is going to wake up and hopefully crush MS... One can oly hope.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34981.html (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34981.html)
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: WMD on 21 January 2004, 00:50
It was bad enough before, when MS only charged more if you offered an alternative.  Now, offering NONE gets you a penalty?  :mad:
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: Laukev7 on 21 January 2004, 03:30
I wonder if they're going to lobby the government to make sales of Non-Windows PCs illegal on the grounds that customers might buy them to replace the OS with a pirated version of Windows?   :rolleyes:
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: snesfreak on 21 January 2004, 04:05
quote:
Originally posted by Laukev7:
I wonder if they're going to lobby the government to make sales of Non-Windows PCs illegal on the grounds that customers might buy them to replace the OS with a pirated version of Windows?    :rolleyes:  

I wouldn't doubt that, they already have their sheep saying Linux should be illegal because it takes away from MS's software sales.
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: solarflare on 24 January 2004, 21:05
quote:
Originally posted by Red Forman:

I wouldn't doubt that, they already have their sheep saying Linux should be illegal because it takes away from MS's software sales.



Another example of why not to use windozzzzzz or any microsoft product!

I for one can't wait to replace the only M$ product on my mac (office) with something better!

Only then will the M$ cancer be clear from my OS and I can truly say 'I now have a totally clean system'.
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: restin256 on 25 January 2004, 21:29
Holy shit. This can't be sereous.

*bangs head against wal*
Title: Microsoft gets green light to punish OS-less PC vendors
Post by: WMD on 25 January 2004, 20:33
quote:
Originally posted by Red Forman:

I wouldn't doubt that, they already have their sheep saying Linux should be illegal because it takes away from MS's software sales.


 :D  I read some of that...yes, outlaw Linux!  Because now MS has to COMPETE!  OMG it's the end of the world!

 :rolleyes:    <--I wish I had a better smiley to express that.