Re: Netscape, XyWrite, and the Media

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Harry Binswanger:
>>If giving a near-monopoly on the operating system to a company that wants to
>>sell *applications* is such a great idea, how about 
>
>Guess who "gave" MS the "near-monopoly"? Users. By their purchases. It was
>not a Government 5-year Plan that did it. Nor can such a plan fix things.

Uhh... you mean to say MS does *not* have contracts with manufacturers for
installing their OS before shipping? You mean, we can go and by a PC
*without* Windows installed? Can you tell us where?



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