XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy   
   From: vallon@tiscali.co.uk   
      
   On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:04:07 -0400, TheLetterK wrote:   
      
   > Andrew J. Brehm wrote:   
   >> Linønut <=?iso-8859-1?Q?lin=F8nut?=@bone.com> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Andrew J. Brehm poked his little head through the XP firewall and said:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>>No marketing, impossible to get OEM deals due to Microsoft's illegal   
   >>>>>business practices, etc.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Do you know anybody who tries to buy a computer without Windows and   
   >>>>can't?   
   >>>   
   >>>That's not the point.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> I believe it is the point. Most people want a Windows computer and can   
   >> buy it.   
   > They want a Windows system because everyone else gets it by default, and   
   > they get it by default because they want it. It's circular reasoning.   
      
   A self-fulfilling prophecy, I believe it's called in sociology.   
      
      
      
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   Kier   
      
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