Re: [PLUG] MS Outlaws?

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

At 01:18 AM 2/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
>
> > Be corp tried to GIVE their os away as a dual boot w/ Dell,
> > and Dell refused. If you can't give your product away, then what further
> > proof do you need? Dell wanted it, Be wanted it. Consumers would have
> > benefitted as it was going to be a dual boot. Consumers who didn't care
> > about Be could have ignored the tiny partition, and it would have
> > automatically booted to windows. Obviously, the computer market was as
> > free, at the
> > time, as Russia was in the 80's, thanks to MS.
>
> I don't see anything you described as coercive.  Dell apparently made a
> business decision based on their options.  How is that unfree?

Do you really think that's true?  Are you that naive about business or is 
it an ideological thing?

Art



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