Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[David Schwartz]

"Måns Rullgård" <mru at inprovide.com> wrote in message 
news:yw1x4q7il3gu.fsf at ford.inprovide.com...

> "David Schwartz" <davids at webmaster.com> writes:

>> "Mike Meyer" <mwm at mired.org> wrote in message
>> news:86ll0vs1sw.fsf at bhuda.mired.org...

>>> What you call "clever marketing" the DOJ calls "monopolistic
>>> practices". The courts agreed with the DOJ. Having had several large
>>> PC manufacturers refuse to sell me a system without some form of
>>> Windows because MS made it impossible for them to compete if they
>>> didn't agree to do so, I agree with the courts and the DOJ.

>>     Go down to your local car dealer and see if you can buy a new car
>> without an engine.

> That's more like buying a computer without a CPU, which I can in fact
> do.  Buying a computer without ms windows is more like buying a hifi
> set without a Britney Spears CD.  I can do that too.

    I guess I wasn't explicit enough. Most people who want cars also want an 
engine. Some don't. Dealers could sell cars and engines separately. They 
just (generally) don't. There is nothing illegal or immoral about this.

    DS