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- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:45:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se> d89-zke@dront.nada.kth.se (Zoltan Kelemen) writes:
-
- >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).
-
- You have an alternative: hire few programmers to write one for you.
- Obviously you dont want to do it because it is too expensive. You
- want someone else to invest and risk his money to write one for you.
- MS did that. Now people are claiming that it is unfair business,
- because it was successful.
-
- Unfortunately, we are not born with a coupon that entitles us
- for a cheap Operating System. Someone else must produce it for
- us at his/her own risk. And these who do are entitled to a return
- if they succeed.
-
- >Zoltan
-
- Dov
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