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- From: discar@nosc.mil (Joe Discar)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.172203.8472@nosc.mil>
- Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
- References: <BzMLLx.JtD@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec21.213006.9278@nosc.mil> <1992Dec22.182937.2539@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:22:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.182937.2539@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner) writes:
- >
- >Ignorance is bliss? Who cares if they know what I do (I do care but
- >that is irrelevant). Should I be forced to pay for something even if
- >I do not want it? Open up your eyes and read. This is probably the
- >10th post in this thread that has pointed out this problem - MS's
- >licensing agreement with vendors forces a situation where every box
- >must have an MS-DOS license EVEN IF MS-DOS is NEVER loaded on the
- >system.
- >
-
- Let's put this another way, Richard. Have you noticed how much more
- expensive "unbundled" systems are than bundled systems? There's a reason
- for it: that MS-DOS license that gets stuck on every machine generates
- enough volume to lower the cost of the system. If that license were not
- accepted by vendors, I garner, the vendors wouldn't move near as much
- inventory--nor will the price per system be as low.
-
- Are you paying for it? Well, sort of. But if it weren't there, you'd
- be paying more.
-
- Joe
- My opinions.
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