2002-08-11 14:42:32+02 by meuon 5 comments
I had heard this from a local computer dealer Friday when i picked up 3 systems, 1 with NT/2000 and the other two with no operation system (Linux bound). He's not sure what his official stance will be about essentially being forced to sell MS-OS systems, but his un-official response was 'Ya gotta buy parts, right? and parts is parts, we may just not call them systems.'
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#Comment made: 2002-08-11 23:28:05+02 by: TheSHAD0W
You might be able to make a business out of teaming up with a big computer vendor, building systems that are essentially the same using the same suppliers, or getting your parts from the vendor, but not including an OS or using some *ix instead of MS.
#Comment made: 2002-08-12 04:56:27+02 by: meuon [edit history]
The hardware business is a slim margin business. We do better selling our time and expertise. :) { I am working hard tonight, perusing flutterby while watching data get extracted from large files ).
Although after reading this: http://home.chatt.net/~meuon/ms-pal-digression.html about Palladium and 'Digital Rights Management' I really think the next wave may be consulting and tools to remove Microsoft from companies, or at least control it dispite the EULA.
#Comment made: 2002-08-14 02:30:55+02 by: Dori
Latest news via News.com: Dell Computer is making Windows optional for some of its business desktops. The deal between Dell and MS said that Dell couldn't sell any No-OS computers. Dell's solution: include an unloaded copy of FreeDOS in the box.
#Comment made: 2002-08-14 04:14:32+02 by: meuon
That gets it legal and out of the MS/Linux wars. I like it :)
#Comment made: 2002-08-16 22:05:01+02 by: meuon
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0208.html is good, a bit more sane, on Palladium and digital rights management by Microsoft.
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