Re: CFA: Microsoft overcharges consumers $10 billion in 3 years

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

"Joseph F. Moore" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> > --- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 1/9/99 11:51 AM ---
> >
> > >Who had the data to contradict him at that time?  Probably the only person
> > >on the panel in March who had that data on "OEM" pricing would have been
> > >Michael Dell, and he *still* isn't talking.
> >
> > Firm data on OS software costs might have helped, but the point would not
> > changed much in any event. Gates was taking credit for the vast increase
> > in computing power over the years, a course of events Microsoft had no
> > role in creating.
> >
> I don't know, do you think we'd be using 400MHz processors with 12 GB
> disks if we didn't have to install Windows 98 or NT?  Linux runs fine on
> my 486.  Maybe M$ is driving the hardware improvements.  Not that I would
> consider their approach good...

Hardly.  I've run Linux on an old 486 as well as my current Pentium 200.
Although it does run fine on the 486, I would never go back to it.

M$ and improvements should not be mentioned in the same sentence.  They
do nothing but extend their monopoly and crush other companies.

Intel, AMD and Cyrix would disagree with you as well.

> 
> --Joe
> 
> > Mitch Stone
> > mstone@vc.net
> >
> >

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@denali.atlnet.com

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