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Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine

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"DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in message news:mhdgfb$ane$2@dont-email.me...
> On 04/24/2015 07:50 AM, chrisv wrote:
>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> How would the poor bastard even know about Linux?  It isn't smeared in 
>>> his
>>> face hourly on Teevee or the Internet.  It isn't foisted upon every 
>>> Peecee
>>> he sees in Walmart or Office Depot.
>>
>> It's an amazingly fscked-up situation, that one brand so dominates the
>> desktop that when "bad news", such as virus outbreaks and malware, are
>> reported in the media, they don't even bother to mention that it's a
>> Windows issue.  Everyone just assumes.
>>
>> Could anyone imagine any other market so devoid of choice?
>>
>> "In the news today, cars are being recalled.  If you have a car, bring
>> it to the dealer and have it fixed."
>>
>> But there's nothing wrong with the desktop PC market.  "Luminaries",
>> such as Kreep and Slime, have said so.  No one is *forced* to buy
>> Windows, you see, so there is nothing for anyone to complain about.
>>
>> Sheesh.
>
>
> What part of the market is or was ever not fair or free, ignoramus?
>
> Everyone has always been free to buy, sell, develop or install any 
> computer operating system.
>
> It's not Microsoft's fault the world chose Windows.
>
> Your employer demands Windows: "I buy a lot of Windows PC's to use as test 
> stations, and I've been buying refurbished XP machines and have no plans 
> to change."
>
> So does your household, and probably you, too.
>
> You whiny idiot.
>

The other day someone posted a link to a 13" Dell laptop with a high-res 
display that runs Linux.

People are free to buy it. But don't blame Dell for not having a Linux 
option across their entire desktop/consumer line if the demand simply isn't 
there.


-- 
"M$ holds OEMs to monopolistic contracts that exclude competing OSes from 
new computers."

"NONE of these "competitors" can be installed on OEM machines due to 
contracts with Microsoft."

"Major manufacturers bundle Windows with all of their computers because if 
they don't then MS will revoke their licence and they won't be able to 
bundle any computers with Windows."

"NONE of these "competitors" can be installed on OEM machines due to 
contracts with Microsoft."

"a clause in the Microsoft OEM License agreement in which the OEM must agree 
to pre-install Windows on the disks of each machine he ships."

"Microsoft's grip on businesses and its OEM is still very strong."

"Thanks to those "mafia" OEM contracts, complete systems come with some kind 
of winbloze pre-installed."

"Because they (OEMs) are forced by Microsoft in order to get OEM pricing. 
It's price fixing and extortion rolled into one."

"The fact that they (Microsoft) have the major computer companies locked 
into OEM contracts that exclude any other operating system being 
preinstalled on systems."

"You can also bet that Microsoft calibrates its "tiers" based on market 
predictions of how many PCs OEMs are likely to shift, to effectively coerce 
them into committing each PC to Windows."

"the mere fact of Microsoft's predatory pricing structure means no OEM can 
afford to support anything but Windows."

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Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-23 11:43 -0400
  Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-04-23 16:51 +0100
    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-23 20:25 -0400
      Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-04-24 01:28 +0000
        Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-04-23 18:38 -0700
        Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-24 06:16 -0400
          Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-24 06:50 -0500
            Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-24 09:30 -0400
              Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 09:38 -0400
              Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-04-24 09:39 -0400
            Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-04-24 07:42 -0700
              Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-24 10:18 -0500
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-04-24 12:14 -0400
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 20:44 +0000
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 20:42 +0000
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 17:45 -0400
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-04-24 22:02 +0000
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-04-24 18:26 -0400
                Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-04-24 15:52 -0600
              Comcast. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-04-24 09:41 -0700
  The dude also probably beats up women. John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 08:58 -0700
    Re: The dude also probably beats up women. Nobody <nobody@invalid.com> - 2015-04-26 18:20 -0500
      Re: The dude also probably beats up women. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-27 07:57 -0500
  Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-23 11:01 -0500
    Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine Tomas <tgif9fri@numo.net> - 2015-04-23 12:15 -0400
      Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-04-23 22:32 -0400
  Re: Fixing a broken Windows machine awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-04-23 09:22 -0700

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