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Subject: Re: [Poll] Computing favorities
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"Huge" <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On 2015-08-23, Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote:
>> On 23/08/2015 2:47 PM, Peter Flass wrote:
>
> [63 lines snipped]
>
>>>
>>> Micro$oft used a lot of illegal marketing tactics to force windoze down
>>> everyone's throat.  OS/2 was at least twice as good but IBM lacked the
>>> extortionate tactics to win OUT.
>>>
>>
>> You were you forced to buy MS products.
>
> Ever tried to buy a PC without Windows?

Yep, and have done so with all of mine.