Microsoft Home Essentials an essential purchase

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

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Subject: 
       
Re: Greg Lehey's recent attempt to buy a Dell computer without Windows
   Date: 
       Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:24:05 -0500
  From: 
       
"Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>
    To: 
       
Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO <am-info@essential.org>


James Love wrote:

>This is Greg Lehey's recent attempt to buy a Dell computer without
>buying Windows.  We've seen this before, and we will probably
>see it some more.  Jamie

A friend of mine just advised his brother on buying a PC.  They also
bought
from Dell.  They were required to purchase either Microsoft Office or
Microsoft Home Essentials.


-- 
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
I can be reached at love@cptech.org, by telephone 202.387.8030,
by fax at 202.234.5176. CPT web page is http://www.cptech.org