[arachne] Re: DOS only or?
- From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 09:33:24 -0400
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On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 07:56 -0400, ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> Jason said:
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> >. You suddenly have HW that is no longer supported.
>
> My friend had to buy a new printer to go with his new
> Vista computer. His almost new H/P, perfectly fine printer
> was not supported by Vista. No drivers that he could find.
>
>
>
> > 4. Vista runs soooo much slower on same hw than xp.
>
>
> But, of course. Microsoft "Upgrades" always run slower on
> existing hw. Almost no endusers actually make a decision to
> purchase Windows. It comes with the newer, faster computer that
> you need to run the current flavor.
>
> Microsoft makes its money mostly from the manufacturers when a
> consumer buys a new computer. It's the "Microsoft tax" and you
> have to work hard to buy a computer without paying it.--
There used to be some retailers of computers, Wal-Mart was one of
them, that would offer their customers at a considerable discount
a new computer without an operating system installed.
I don't know if nowadays there are any retailers of modern computers
which are still offering such special deals for all the customers
who are seeking to avoid the Micro$oft tax.
BTW, the contract arrangements between Micro$oft and computer
manufacturers and retailers, whereby they are required to charge
the Micro$oft tax to all of the end users, seem to me to be
very serious violations of the anti-monopoly laws and many other
anti-corporate corruption laws designed to protect American
industry from unfair competition and to protect consumers from
illegal price-fixing rip-off schemes.
I know that other kinds of industries are prohibited by law from
engaging in the same kind of shenanigans that Micro$oft is permitted
to get away with. How does Micro$oft get away with it? Maybe
the answer to that question has to do with the government's
reluctance to prosecute the bustards because Micro$oft apparently
has the power to hold the government hostage due to the
government's addiction to Micro$oft operating systems and software
products. Government needs to liberate itself from its dependency
on Micro$oft.
Sam Heywood
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