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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.211242.10878@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:12:42 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec20.191744.29861@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec20.203000.878@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <wiegand.725578573@lido16>
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- In article <wiegand.725578573@lido16> motcid!wiegand@uunet.uu.net writes:
- >helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
- >
- >>Wait a minute--they "force" manufacturers to sell Windows and DOS? Microsoft
- >>won't hold a gun to the head of anybody who wants to sell their machine with
- >>DR DOS or OS/2 preloaded.
- >
- >No they don't force them to sell DOS with their machines, but they do
- >require an all-or-nothing alternative. Either you include MS-DOS with
- >every machine you sell or you don't include it with any machines.
-
- Robert, I suggest you learn the facts about the subject you
- are posting about before making an fool of yourself in public.
- Microsoft does _not_ force an "all-or-nothing" alternative on
- OEMs.
-
-
- >The only way to get MS-DOS on a per-copy basis is to pay full retail
- >price. The volume discount requiures that you pay a royality for *every*
- >machine you ship.
-
- You are correct in that the "per-machine" contract carries
- a smaller royalty than the other contracts.
-
-
- >Since a manufacturer who didn't offer MS-DOS with their machines
- >would lose lots of sales almost all of the agree with Microsoft's terms.
-
- What about all those machines that could be shipping with
- DR-DOS? People seem to think it's as good a product as MS-DOS,
- yet OEMs don't seem to be flocking to it in droves, despite your
- allegations of heavyt-handedness on Microsoft's part. Explanation?
-
- -Phil
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- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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