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[Rant] Microsoft extend their monopolistic behaviours (again)ANN.lu
Posted on 11-Aug-2002 13:33 GMT by Cyberwlf56 comments
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Microsoft have cracked down on retailers trying to sell alternate OS's when they sign a contract to sell Windoze. (This theoretically effecting people selling Amithlon pre-installed, or the likes). Essentially saying... : (from slashdot.org) "Some Sys Admin sent in an email that he got from Dell which basically says Microsoft will no longer allow Dell to sell PCs without an operating system. " - But if you think this was only Dell, the wording seems to effect all retailers, read article for more information: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10/1420208.
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Comment 1DaveW11-Aug-2002 12:04 GMT
Microsoft extend their monopolistic behaviours (again) : Comment 2 of 56ANN.lu
Posted by smithy on 11-Aug-2002 12:34 GMT
Microsoft haven't "cracked down" on anyone. They allegedly sent an email to Slashdot reader reminding Dell that they it is against the terms of their contract to ship PCs without an OS.
This has nothing to do with retailers. And anyway, the distributors of Amithlon weren't exactly very innovative with their marketing. That product could have a made a real killing if they've advertised in PC magazines, or got a boxed version of it into PC World. So it's a moot-point about pre-installing it on PCs (which M$ hasn't and cannot stop anyway).
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