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>] And Gateway is the only supplier of PC's, right, gotcha.  (Boy, that
>] Gateway must be rolling in dough with a franchise like that!)
>
>You know a provider that doesn't agree to Microsoft's deals?  Please
>Tell!  It's not that Gateway is the only supplier, but that all the
>suppliers (that matter) have to agree to Microsoft's terms --they
>might as well be one supplier.
>

Well, heres a company that does agree to Microsoft; not because they have 
too, but because they wouldn't sell very many computers without Windows 
pre-installed: IBM.  Go to a Computer City or Best Buy, walk up to an 
Aptiva.  Well jeez, its running Windows.  I wonder why.  Now if IBM were 
smart, they would have some Aptivas there with OS/2 on it.  Then Joe 
Shmoe with no computer knowledge could say, hey I want this Aptiva with 
OS/2 on it; instead of Windows.  In my opinion, this is another example 
of IBM's business incompitence.
 
>] Look, the obvious thing to most people is that Gateway is just one of
>] hundreds of suppliers of PC's.  You don't like the fact that they bundle
>] Windows with the computers?  You look for another manufacturer.
>
>One of hundereds, that all agree to Microsoft's terms --so you can
>still shop around on the best deal, but it's still a deal where MS
>gets the money for something you didn't buy (or whatever their scam
>is now that the Justice Department has "warned" them).
>
>As in, you can move to a different part of the country, but you still
>have city water (just a different city!). Duh.
>
>] If I don't like the water they city provides or the eletricity
>] supplied by CMP, realistically speaking, I *don't* have a choice in
>] the matter (except by byzantine ways involving a ballot box, and
>] even that doesn't usually work!).
>

The public water/electricity is a close analogy, but I don't think 
correct.  Hey, if you don't want to buy a PC with Windows because, "YOUR 
BEING FORCED TO," buy a fucking MAC.  Or, like in my case, I could have 
asked DELL to pre-install OS/2 with my P90.  

>Again, for computers you don't realistically have a choice either,
>because the vendors don't realistically have a choice.  Microsoft is
>the monopoly, like city water.  If Gateway refuses to drink water,
>they die.  Because they have no choice (realistically) neither do
>you.
>

No Microsoft isn't a monopoly, but yes Gateway would die if they didn't 
pre-install Windows.  Because many OS/2 idiots like you don't understand 
that most people in this world prefer Windows over OS/2.

>] It's not that hard to find a vendor who will accomodate your
>] special need in the PC world.
>


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