__/ [ Rafael ] on Saturday 24 February 2007 22:15 \__
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>> 'in practice Microsoft weaseled around it by switching to "per
>> product line" licensing, requiring OEMs like Dell to set up a
>> separate production line if they wanted to install a non-Windows OS
>> on any of their machines'
>>
>> http://snipurl.com/1b8gh
>>
http://catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html#msoft
>>
>
> I found this part of the article interesting:
>
>> In 1999 BeOS offered its operating system free to any OEM that would
>> preinstall it. When Hitachi took them up on it and offered a machine
>> that would dual boot between Windows and BeOS, Microsoft forced
>> Hitachi to remove all mention of BeOS from the bootloader. So Hitachi
>> shipped a BeOS partition on their machines, but with no way to boot
>> into it.
>
> Not only have they done it to US manufacturers, they have forced others
> as well.
It's part of the strategy.
Microsoft Shuts Down Linux 10 Years Ago Says Iowa Attorne
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| Going back now to as early as 1998, Microsoft starts to realize that
| Linux might pose a possible threat, and Vinod Valloppillil, who is
| a program manager at Microsoft, is asked by Mr. Allchin, Jim Allchin,
| to analyze potential strategies for combatting open-source software,
| and specifically Linux.
| His memos are leaked to the press in April -- I beg your pardon --
| in October of 1998 and become known as the Halloween documents.
| And the evidence will be that Microsoft uses its influence in the
| OEM channel, the computer manufacture channel, to make sure that
| end users have a difficult time buying PCs with Linux preinstalled.
`----
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Linux_10_Years_Ago_Says_Iowa_Attorney
Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret
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| They are, in short the secret to Microsoft's success. And the word
| secret is to be taken quite literally: No OEM may talk about the
| contents of his contract, or he will lose his license, and (assumption)
| likely be sued for breach of contract as well.
`----
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
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