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LinuxPlanet: Rant Mode Equals One: I’m a Consumer and I’ve Been Harmed

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 23, 2000

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

“I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve decided that possibly
the 60-plus percent of all Americans polled who don’t think that
they’ve been harmed and that Microsoft should be left alone
possibly need to hear from at least one of us who has.”

“I would like to walk into one of the chain computer outlets and
buy a computer that doesn’t have Windows preloaded, or at least has
as an option the ability to delete it from the list of options. If
a PC is selling for $800.00 with Windows preloaded–I’d like to
have the option of removing it and getting that PC without the
Windows tax.”

“I would like it so that illegal contracts and anti-competitive
practices were not in place, so that like any competitive industry,
I may have a choice of more than just the hardware manufacturer–I
would get to choose another operating system. You see, I don’t use
Windows. I use Linux.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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