After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> * Microsoft's Nude Smear Against GNU/Linux-ready PCs
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>| When this practice was stamped out, Microsoft took another tack, warning OEMs
>| not to "hurt" their customers by supplying them with PCs with no operating
>| system. "Think of selling a house without a roof ? selling your customers
>| Naked PCs leaves them equally exposed," Microsoft said. "If you allow your
>| customers to buy Naked PCs ? placing them at risk of acquiring pirated
>| operating systems elsewhere ? you expose them to legal risks, viruses, and
>| frustrating technical troubles ...."
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> http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3772346
*LMAO*
> So getting a computer /without/ Windows puts it in threat of viruses? No more
> than lack of surveillance will increase terrorist activity.
It's too bad he could post a "wayback" link to the old "Naked PC" pages
Microsoft posted for the "benefit" of those poor helpless OEMs.
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