| [Rant] Microsoft extend their monopolistic behaviours (again) | ANN.lu |
| Posted on 11-Aug-2002 13:33 GMT by Cyberwlf | 56 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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| Posted by Alan Croft on 12-Aug-2002 12:27 GMT | In reply to Comment 25 (Kjetil):
Even though PPC Amiga plus OS4.0 is the biggest leap forwards since the first Amiga. Much of the users have dissapeared. (Helped by some uncompetitive retailers/distributors who think they don't need to drop their profit margins to 1-5%. Even though PC retailers have too in order to make money/attract customers).
I only hope a user base of at least 50 to 100k are hibernating.
The PC market has sucked all the fun out of games in favour of super graphics and a zillion bugs. Applications suck up huge resources so they can load the extra 1001 features which you never use.
As PC users get more lifeless. Amiga users will have their spirit returning.
Continued product support is what makes people buy a computer/console. Amiga has the most resilient fan base ever, in the home market at least.
Dreamcast people got shafted by their company of choice, because of low profits. Be Inc was a billion in the red (beyond recovery) and Palm don't look like they give two hoots for BeOs users.
Amiga is truly the safest platform for the home user to invest in. (The Mac-fan has not been tested yet).
Maybe one day the Wintel box will become so fat and full of bugs even business users will give up on it. |
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