Dell dumps linux? [but introduces n-series]

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Microsoft is very very paranoid about piracy. What percentage of MS Office 
users have pirated copies. Same goes for Windows. 
On 16 Aug 2002 at 12:47, Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

> I'm still not sure that the "no OS" prohibition prevents Dell from shipping a 
> computer with Linux.  They might be using that as an excuse, but it's hard to 
> believe with the antitrust suit so fresh, that even Microsoft would try to 
> prevent shipments of linux boxes.  A more likely reason is that Microsoft 
> wants to prevent users from installing Windows themselves, without paying a 
> license fee.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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