Dell dumps linux? [but introduces n-series]
Jerry Feldman
gaf at blu.org
Fri Aug 16 13:00:02 EDT 2002
Microsoft is very very paranoid about piracy. What percentage of MS Office
users have pirated copies. Same goes for Windows.
On 16 Aug 2002 at 12:47, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:
> I'm still not sure that the "no OS" prohibition prevents Dell from shipping a
> computer with Linux. They might be using that as an excuse, but it's hard to
> believe with the antitrust suit so fresh, that even Microsoft would try to
> prevent shipments of linux boxes. A more likely reason is that Microsoft
> wants to prevent users from installing Windows themselves, without paying a
> license fee.
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