[Am-info] An excerpt from an email sent by Dell to all of its customers:

[John J. Urbaniak]

Kris Steenhaut wrote:

> "John J. Urbaniak" schreef:
>
> >
> > Actually, no.  I'm not a Linux developer.  I develop for OS/2 and eCS systems, for
> > which, by the way, my users have never reported a bug or problem.  Some have been
> > running for 4 years.
> >
>
> You do miss (willingly I presume) the point. It's not about selling Linux, it's about
> selling a PC without M$ pre-installed. Your customers can't ask you to put one of your
> systems onto a Dell (or any other) make computer, unless they pay 1st the full bucks
> for the M$- pre-install.

No, I sell complete systems.  I buy the parts, assemble and test them and install eCS and
all the software that comes with eCS.  I don't pay for Windows because I get the hard
drives, install and format them myself.

I try to avoid the cheap-o parts.  I want reliable, quality machines for my customers.  I
use the best disks I can find, usually IBM.  I put in adequate power supplies and heavy
duty fans.  That way, my customers have fewer (no) problems and they don't call me for
support.

Microsoft has not yet forced the hard drive manufacturers to pay them for Windows.  I
suppose that someday they will try to do that, but as for now, my systems are 100%
Windows-royalties-free.

John


>
>
> >
> > I believe Soyring was told to "hold back."
>
> Of course.
>
> > I believe he didn't tell a tenth of
> > what he knew about the criminal practices of Microsoft.
> >
>
> But what he did tell is important enough.
>
> >
> > Soyring betrayed the industry too - a grave disappointment to me because I had
> > respected him.
> >
>
> Well, after all he is a part of Big Blue, isn't it?
>
> --
> Groeten uit Gent,
>
>    Kris