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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1112104" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>Last year, I purchased a laptop with a 90-day warranty & it faltered after about five months. So I had to replace it, and in doing so, I had to pay about $50 for a Windows license I already had (and was barely able to use). In order to be elgible for the discount Windows price, major computer makers cannot ship a computer without an operating system -- Microsoft says this is because it encourages piracy. Meanwhile, there's no way to recover the cost of my Windows tax -- and Microsoft believes that each license should be tied to each computer, even if it lives a short life.</p><p></p><p>Even a right-wing appeals court upheld the ruling that Microsoft participated in anti-competitive, monopolistic practices. But the Bush Administration decided that placing a FireFox or Chrome browser on my computer was fair enough punishment.</p><p></p><p>Regulation is a bad, bad thing.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1112104, member: 43436"] Last year, I purchased a laptop with a 90-day warranty & it faltered after about five months. So I had to replace it, and in doing so, I had to pay about $50 for a Windows license I already had (and was barely able to use). In order to be elgible for the discount Windows price, major computer makers cannot ship a computer without an operating system -- Microsoft says this is because it encourages piracy. Meanwhile, there's no way to recover the cost of my Windows tax -- and Microsoft believes that each license should be tied to each computer, even if it lives a short life. Even a right-wing appeals court upheld the ruling that Microsoft participated in anti-competitive, monopolistic practices. But the Bush Administration decided that placing a FireFox or Chrome browser on my computer was fair enough punishment. Regulation is a bad, bad thing....... [/QUOTE]
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