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   begin  In <1h20mei.kluboo16303qsN%ajbrehm@gmail.com>, on 08/28/2005   
      at 05:46 PM, ajbrehm@gmail.com (Andrew J. Brehm) said:   
      
   >If there is demand for non-Windows computer, there will be a supply   
   >of such.   
      
   Not when m$ has contracts in place illegally impeding it.   
      
   >The customers have forced all other OS vendors into the niche   
   >market.   
      
   No; conduct in restraint of trade did that; they customers had no say   
   in the matter.   
      
   >Most customers do not want a non-standard PC.   
      
   Most customers don't know what the relevant standards are and will   
   cheerfully buy all sorts of nonstandard stuff without realizing it.   
   That includes the bundled m$ malware, which is often different from   
   the shrinkwrap versions in harmful and undisclosed ways.   
      
   >The ideal solution would be commodity operating systems, with   
   >several vedors implementing the same compatibility standard. Unix   
   >and Linux do that, but customers rejected the standard   
      
   Not so; in fact, they seem to be gradually adopting it, despite the   
   illegal barriers m$ is erecting.   
      
   >And I suppose that is wrong because you disagree with the decision?   
      
   Yeah, a silly prejudice in  favor of equal protection of the law.   
      
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