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  2. From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: Dump the crappy hardware!!! (was: Haynie joins AT team)
  5. Date: 27 Mar 1996 01:30:36 +0100
  6. Organization: dis-
  7. Message-ID: <4ja27c$cfl@serpens.rhein.de>
  8. References: <4iutet$cb2@astfgl.idb.hist.no> <1377.6657T1039T917@es.co.nz> <4j3ltf$l99@serpens.rhein.de> <4j4jrl$td1@carbon.cudenver.edu> <4j6dh4$131@serpens.rhein.de> <neilo-2603960831350001@d19-1.cpe.maroochydore.aone.net.au>
  9. NNTP-Posting-Host: serpens.rhein.de
  10.  
  11. neilo@m140.aone.net.au (Neil O'Rourke) writes:
  12.  
  13. >> He doesn't make money by selling an operating system and he
  14. >> given half of the market for free.
  15.  
  16. >W3.1/DOS and W95 aren't given away with systems.  The manufacturer of a PC
  17. >must pay Microsoft for each copy.
  18.  
  19. I didn't say that they are given away. I say that Microsoft got
  20. half of the market for free because they were allowed to sell
  21. the IBM PC operating system to anyone.
  22.  
  23. -- 
  24.                                 Michael van Elst
  25.  
  26. Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
  27.                                 "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
  28.