[Am-info] An excerpt from an email sent by Dell to all of its
customers:
John J. Urbaniak
jjurban@attglobal.net
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:13:14 -0400
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This is clearly an Antitrust violation if true.
But will Dell and the other manufacturers submit complaints to the Court and/or
the Justice Dept.?
Anybody want to wager they won't?
John
"Fred A. Miller" wrote:
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> Fred
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> An excerpt from an email sent by Dell to all of its customers:
>
> "UPDATES
>
> 1. Effective 8/26 - New Microsoft contract rules stipulate that we can no
> longer offer the "NO OS" option to our customers beyond September 1st. As
> such all customers currently purchasing a "NO OS" option on either OptiPlex,
> Precison or Latitude for the express purpose of loading a non-MS OS will have
> the following options:
>
> 1. Purchase a Microsoft OS with each OptiPlex, Precision or Latitude system.
>
> 2. For OptiPlex and Precision - purchase one of the new "nSeries" products
> (offered for GX260, WS340 & WS530 - details in the attached FAQ) that are
> being created to address a different OS support requirement other than a
> current standard Microsoft OS.
>
> We must have all "No OS" orders shipped out of the factory by September 1st.
> The "No OS" legend code and SKUs will be I-coded on 8/19 and D-coded on
> August 26th to ensure shipment of orders prior to September 1st. FYI - this
> effects all of our competitors as well."
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10/1420208&mode=flat&tid=109
>
> So, the last 6 years of litigation, the trial, the conviction, the conviction
> upheld in appelate court, all the letters by citizens to the DOJ, the
> 'punishment' negotiations... ALL OF IT..... JUST A WASTE OF TIME.
>
> Last August, when Microsoft stopped being so polite and started dictating what
> icons could go on the desktops of PCs that Dell and others were selling I
> knew then that they had inside information about how the 'punishment phase'
> was panning out at the DOJ. You know the rest of the story. Now we have
> come full circle and it is Microsoft back to Monopoly business as usual.
>
> It is boni-fida proof that the DOJ is a lacky for Microsoft that even before
> the 'punishment' negotiations are completed this monkey business occurs.
>
> There is a new twist, however, the number of MS drones astroturfing Linux
> watering holes like LinuxToday and Slashdot have skyrocketed.
>
> - --
> If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
> the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot.
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This is clearly an Antitrust violation if true.
<p>But will Dell and the other manufacturers submit complaints to the Court
and/or the Justice Dept.?
<p>Anybody want to wager they won't?
<p>John
<br>
<p>"Fred A. Miller" wrote:
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<p>- From an elist.
<p>Fred
<br>________________________
<p>An excerpt from an email sent by Dell to all of its customers:
<p>"UPDATES
<p>1. Effective 8/26 - New Microsoft contract rules stipulate that we can
no
<br>longer offer the "NO OS" option to our customers beyond September 1st.
As
<br>such all customers currently purchasing a "NO OS" option on either
OptiPlex,
<br>Precison or Latitude for the express purpose of loading a non-MS OS
will have
<br>the following options:
<p>1. Purchase a Microsoft OS with each OptiPlex, Precision or Latitude
system.
<p>2. For OptiPlex and Precision - purchase one of the new "nSeries" products
<br>(offered for GX260, WS340 & WS530 - details in the attached FAQ)
that are
<br>being created to address a different OS support requirement other than
a
<br>current standard Microsoft OS.
<p>We must have all "No OS" orders shipped out of the factory by September
1st.
<br>The "No OS" legend code and SKUs will be I-coded on 8/19 and D-coded
on
<br>August 26th to ensure shipment of orders prior to September 1st. FYI
- this
<br>effects all of our competitors as well."
<p><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10/1420208&mode=flat&tid=109">http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/10/1420208&mode=flat&tid=109</a>
<p>So, the last 6 years of litigation, the trial, the conviction, the conviction
<br>upheld in appelate court, all the letters by citizens to the DOJ, the
<br>'punishment' negotiations... ALL OF IT..... JUST A WASTE
OF TIME.
<p>Last August, when Microsoft stopped being so polite and started dictating
what
<br>icons could go on the desktops of PCs that Dell and others were selling
I
<br>knew then that they had inside information about how the 'punishment
phase'
<br>was panning out at the DOJ. You know the rest of the story.
Now we have
<br>come full circle and it is Microsoft back to Monopoly business as usual.
<p>It is boni-fida proof that the DOJ is a lacky for Microsoft that even
before
<br>the 'punishment' negotiations are completed this monkey business occurs.
<p>There is a new twist, however, the number of MS drones astroturfing
Linux
<br>watering holes like LinuxToday and Slashdot have skyrocketed.
<p>- --
<br>If you listen on a quiet nite you, can hear
<br>the sound of a Windows 2000 Server reboot.
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