"Paul" == Paul J Bell <pjb@ny.ubs.com> writes:
jonathon> When I purchased my computers, I had to pay $150 to not have jonathon> Windows and Dos installed on them. That $150 went to Microsoft. jonathon> It seemed to me that I was being ripped off, by Microsoft. Paul> as i said, i have no use for microsoft, whats more, i don't use Paul> microsoft. that said, if a person really must pay to not have Paul> their products installed, i agree that that is intorelable, and Paul> at the least calls for finding a new vendor for computers. if Paul> you really don't plan to use dos or windows, there is no reason Paul> why you should pay for them. frankly, this sounds like a real Paul> stupid move on the part of your hardware vendor. maybe you need Paul> to shop around. This is exactly what a new lawsuit recently filed against Microsoft is about. See http://www.caldera.com/news/pr001.html for details. They've already had their hand slapped for the per-processor license agreements they pushed in the early '90s. The per-processor licenses were where Microsoft forced hardware vendors to pay a certain fee based on CPUs sold regardless of what system software was delivered on them. -- steve@miranova.com baur Unsolicited commercial e-mail will be proofread for $250/hour. Andrea Seastrand: For your vote on the Telecom bill, I will vote for anyone except you in November.