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bynullvector ( 694435 ) writes:
I've known this for a long time.
Even here in the US, what do you think happens with the Wal-Mart linux machines that they sell dirt-cheap. They get turned into 'grandma's-email/XP machine' by some kid that installed a pirate copy of XP.
I dont see this message from Gartner as Anti-Linux. So many of you people have blinders on so that whenever you see MS and Linux in the same sentence you think "OMG Micro$oft Sux0r5!1!"
This is the same as buying one of those MP3 players with a huge CF card, and taking the
byjdreed1024 ( 443938 ) writes:
>I dont see this message from Gartner as Anti-Linux.
Bullshit. Then they should have said "40% of PCs sold without MS Windows pre-installed are used to run pirate copies of Windows". That would still make the "Windows must be pre-installed on all machines or the world will end" argument. They didn't have to specifically target Linux if they didn't want to. There are plenty of places that sell "business computers" that come without an OS. I bought one recently, and since I already had a retail copy of Win2K, I put it on there, and I didn't need to pay the MS tax.
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bynullvector ( 694435 ) writes:
Uhhh, what are you thinking.
If they wanted to make this article Anti-Linux, they would have added something like "80% of all linux-installed systems are converted to WindowsXP because people say "Windows XP is easier to use"'.
They dont say that.
They basically say that people are buying the cheap PC's with a Free OS, so they can save the money on the legal INCLUDED Windows that would come with a Dell/Gateway/Compaq, and install their PIRATED windows.
You have to consider the audience that is doing thi
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