From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 6 6:25:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B417637B401 for ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 06:25:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 15TkOA-000Bas-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:25:46 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f76DPjX64420 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:25:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:25:44 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: How did the MSFT monopoly start? Message-ID: <20010806142544.A64348@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org We hear all of the stories of how OEMs had to install Windows if they sold MS-DOS, but how did MSFT get the clout to require this in the first place? How did they go from being just-another-DOS to having the power to tell OEMs what they could and could not do, and price-gouging them if they did not comply? jm -- "Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was a frayed wire. The wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message