Microsoft: OEM choice would be a "disaster"

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

At

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/trial/dec98/12-7farber.htm

Microsoft claims that "Mr. [David] Farber's suggestion that OEMs should
decide which components of Windows they deliver to customers would be a
disaster for consumers and software developers alike."

In other words, Microsoft believes that the company from which you buy a
system shouldn't be  allowed to differentiate its products or choose which
software components come with it. This, in turn, means that consumers
cannot choose.

For whom would choice be a "disaster?" Only one company: Microsoft.

--Brett Glass