Re: Exclusive OEM deals, still???

[Wandered Inn <esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>]

"Eric M. Bennett" wrote:
> 
> John Bryan quoted a Slashdot article that said:
> 
> >[Dell] said that if we ordered 50 machines within a year they
> >would do whatever it took to keep our business (which *WOULD* include
> >pre-installing Linux on the machines), but the rep added that they would
> >eat the cost of the NT license which they would buy from Microsoft for each
> >machine in order to keep their deal with Microsoft valid. This was
> >acceptable to us, but we still thought that the idea of Microsoft still
> >getting a license fee when we were buying a machine with absolutely no
> >Microsoft software on it was just absurd."
> 
> I suspect Microsoft would argue--probably successfully--that the consent
> decree does not cover Windows NT.  :-(

I believe this is correct, probably the main reason NT was born.

> 
> --
> Eric Bennett (http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/)
> Cornell University, Field of Biochemistry, 377 Olin Chemistry Lab
> 
> Piano, n.  A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor.  It is
> operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the
> audience.
> -Ambrose Bierce

--
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????