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- From: philco@microsoft.com (Phillip Cooper)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.172229.3466@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:22:29 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec20.161118.6133@qucis.queensu.ca> <1992Dec20.193959.250@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <wiegand.725577960@lido16>
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- In article <wiegand.725577960@lido16> motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net writes:
- >helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >
- >>In article <1992Dec20.161118.6133@qucis.queensu.ca>, jardined@qucis.queensu.ca (Donald Jardine) writes:
- >>|>
- >>|> Allegedly domineering practices aside, is there any real evidence that MS is
- >>|> genuinely inefficient or hindering the industry? The market place is a
- >>|> wonderful disciplinarian.
- >
- >>I can't think of any. If you want to buy another operating system, you can
- >>choose either DR DOS or OS/2, both of which will run DOS programs, and even
- >>windows programs if you want.
- >
- >Have you actually tried to buy a PC? Many of the major hardware vendors
- >include MS-DOS and Windows with their hardware. You get it if you want
- >it or not. Why should I be forced to buy software I don't want just to get
- >the hardware?
- >
- >The hardware vendors do this because Microsoft requires it.
- >The Microsoft contract requires payment of royalties per *computer*
- >sold, not per *copy* of the software. So even if you don't want the
- >software you have to pay for it.
- >
-
- All right, this mis-information being spread is getting a little out of
- hand. It is true that *one* type of licensing contract offered to system
- vendors charges royalties per computer. It is also true that another
- type of licensing contract charges royalties per copy of OS sold. There
- are many variations of each, and they cover just about every conceivable
- type of licensing you can imagine. It is *completely* up to the vendor
- to choose which contract to use. If they choose to go with the one charging
- royalties for each machine sold it is because they get larger volume
- discounts and the vast, vast majority of customers want MSDOS anyway.
-
- If you don't like it, complain to the hardware vendor that chose this
- licensing arrangement, rather than one which charges only for each copy
- of the OS sold. They are the ones, after all, that made the choice.
-
- Phil Cooper
-
- >--
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- >Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
- >motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net uunet!motcid!wiegand
- >Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
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