Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:29:29 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518182902.2152B-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Atipa wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 1998, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> > Atipa (Kevin) wrote:
> > > <Puts on flame-retardant asbestos suit>
> >
> > Smart.
> >
> > > The consumer ultimately decides what sells and
> > > what doesn't, and not the providers.
> >
> > I'm not sure that's true. If an operating systems vendor makes
> > contracts with computer manufacturers that its OS is installed on all
> > manufactured systems, the consumer gets stuck with a `sale' that s/he
> > didn't necessarily choose.
>
> How long would those contracts last if the product was inferior?
Win 3.x was inferior and those contracts lasted until the consent
decree was signed.
> There will always be a choice.
You know that, I know that, the people on this list know that,
but Joe Sixpack doesn't know an operating system from a TCP/IP
stack from a serial port. To him it's all part of "the
computer". Whatever comes on the box he bought at Kmart will
probably be the only thing to ever run on it.
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