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- From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Re: Last time on this one
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.163816.14075@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:38:16 GMT
- Article-I.D.: bsu-ucs.1993Jan26.163816.14075
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- >> I wonder if, when ordering a full blown clone-system from one ofo the
- >> mail-order giants, they'd alternatively bundle OS/2 instead of Microsoft
- >> 'junk?'
- >
- > Most of the will do something like that, or at least drop the price of the
- > system by the price of DOS/Windoze.
- >
- > Some will put unix on it for the price of the system software...
-
- To fibnd out first-hand, I called several of the "giants" about their
- full0-blown sytems (Computer, monitor, printer, OS, etc.) and asked if they'd
- bundle OS/2 for me. In all cases the answer was a resounding, "NOPE."
-
- I wonder if Microsoft owns them too?
-
- I also called a few of the smaller places who advertise similar full-blown
- clone packages, and a percentage (~50%) of them were willing to bundle OS/2
- rather than Microsloth.
-
-
- FYI
-
- -Matt
-