[Am-info] level the playing field

[Joe Moore]

"Lewis A. Mettler" wrote:
> Sorry. You do not decide how many might want any utility or application.
I did not try to.  I simply asked "How many people transfer hard drives
between multiple OSs"?  That would be an upper limit to the usefulness
(and market size) of cross-platform disc compression software.

> Neither do you bundle crap in order to force their decision.
I'm not bundling anything.

> IT IS NOT YOUR CHOICE.
> IT IS NOT MICROSOFT'S CHOICE EITHER.
The seller decides what to sell.  The buyer decides what to buy.  That's
what makes a market.

> You do not decide what anyone must buy.  No body does.
I decide what I must buy.  Your statement is false.

> Do you understand that basic principal?
Yes.

> Do you understand that you can buy whatever food you want to eat?
> Do you understand that you can buy whatever cloths you want to wear?
Actually, the food market has bundles, too.  Go into Burger King and say
"I'd like a Whopper combo, but since I don't like french fries or onion
rings, don't give them to me, but instead take off $1.19 from the cost
of the combo, which is the retail price of the fries if purchased
separately."  Let me know if it works.

> Do you understand that you make those decisions for yourself?  (unless
> your mother still does)
Err... So you're implying that my mother dresses me and picks out my
food?  My, how mature.

> If you do not know that you decide what you buy, no one can help you.
Well, your arguments certainly aren't helping.  Perhaps you could do
better.  Perhaps if you answered the question that I have repeatedly
asked (Give an example of a software suite) I would have a better chance
of understanding you.

> Joe Moore wrote:
> >
> > What about the other questions?  Particularly, "How will this additional
> > cost affect the price of the operating system?"
> >
> > What about the suite example?

--Joe

PS. Doesn't anyone sigsnip anymore??????

-- 
IBM's vision is apparently to make IBM hardware "scream with Microsoft 
software" --The Register,
http://www.theregister.co.uk/990927-000003.html

I have visions of screaming with (at and about) Microsoft software, too.