On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:13:21 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 07 March 2007 00:44 \__
>>
>>> Are you sure the subject line is correct?
>>>
>>> Shouldn't it read:-
>>>
>>> "Re: Answer to the "Use Linux *Partition* " in the UK...."
>>>
>>> (groan!)
>>
>> Dell sells a lot of boxes in the UK. It's likely that -- with or without
>> the petition -- we'll soon get that partition. The CNN suggests that,
>> having seen analysts predict doom and profits slump, Dell has just woken
>> up. Maybe. We'll see.
>>
>>
> Well, as nobody is buying Vista in numbers, and the market is dipping its
> toes into Linux, it's just a matter of time before linux pre-installs are
> on the shelves. Whoever does it first and well stands to make some money,
> however, there is the tipping decision with Microsoft, as you can be sure
> that MS will push up the charges for Windows to anyone who sells anything
> else.
>
> Perhaps the smart move would be to set up wholly owned subsidiaries which
> sell Linux machines?
I had a couple of friends who were motor dealers. Sometime in the mid
to late 70's (I think it was) they wanted to sell Ford cars & vans. At
that time they had Vauxhall/Opel & (now defunct) British Leyland
dealerships in the same town but in different showrooms. Ford would NOT
let them have a dealership *unless* they got rid of the other two! In
other words Ford wanted a monopoly dealership. (They actually sold the
other dealerships to others members of the family, to get around that.) it
was sometime in the mid to late 80's (IIRC) that the EU ruled that it was
illegal for motor companies to demand that dealerships only sell *their*
product (I think it was called the "block exemption ruling") as it was
anti-competitive. Perhaps tehy should do the same thing with PC
manufacturers & M$.
--
Contrary to popular belief, the M$ trolls & shills
*can* tell the difference between their arse
& their elbow.
They can't talk out of their elbow.
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