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- From: d89-zke@dront.nada.kth.se (Zoltan Kelemen)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se>
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:49:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec20.202150.818@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >
- >First of all Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly on OS's. If you want to
- >run DOS programs and you don't want to go to Microsoft you can buy
- >DR DOS from digital research.
- >
-
- Well, the problem is that I, as a customer, don't see the alternatives
- to MS Windows or DOS when buying a computer. Why? Because almost every
- system is bundled with Windows. How on earth could I make a fair price
- comparison with other products, when I get Windows "free" (its price is
- hidden as a part of the system).
-
- The bundling of Windows was the key to its success. Back in 1990,
- Microsoft started a broad attack by selling Windows 3.0 preinstalled
- with many systems. That's why I am having a hard time to believe
- Microsoft's statement "We were suprised by the popularity of Windows
- 3.0". Why were they surprised when they gave it away with virtually
- every computer sold?
-
- Zoltan
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