[Discussioni] [Fronte Internazionalista per la Liberazione del Tapiro <tapiro a kyuzz.org>] [HaCkmEeTiNg] http://canali.tiscalinet.it/tecnologia/200105/04/Windows.html
Leandro Noferini
lnoferin a cybervalley.org
Sab 19 Maggio 2001 13:19:35 CEST
Ciao a tutti,
vi allego anche la pagina di the register che ne parla. Notare
comunque che le pagine "incriminate" sono scomparse dal sito della
Microsoft.
Proprio anti-MS no, perņ a volte non perdiamo di vista chi č il nostro
maggiore avversario!
:-)))
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7 May 2001 The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT
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"And even if your customer manages to
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who've unwittingly exposed themselves, whew,
sorted. But we especially like the way
Microsoft is asking its OEMs to "politely
decline" to sell PCs without Windows on
them. It's only a short hop from there to
categorising OEMs who will sell naked PCs as
irresponsible crooks hell-bent on wrecking
their customers' lives.
There are of course benefits for customers
in buying PCs with preinstalled operating
systems and - hilariously - Microsoft
inadvertently seems to be encouraging OEMs
to ship an operating system other than
Windows here. "Customers have the original
CD so they can reload the software. They
also have a manual for everyday
troubleshooting, and a Certificate of
Authenticity that proves the software is
legal."
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used to get with Windows, but not any more.
Don't you just get a barcoded ID these days?
But no doubt there are Linux outfits who're
still happy to ship you something more
tangible.
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Version 2: customers are innocent victims
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