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   From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?lin=F8nut?=@bone.com   
      
   Andrew J. Brehm poked his little head through the XP firewall and said:   
      
   > Linønut <=?iso-8859-1?Q?lin=F8nut?=@bone.com> wrote:   
   >   
   >> > I believe it is the point. Most people want a Windows computer   
   >>   
   >> No they don't.  They want a computer that can run the Windows apps that   
   >> they've become accustomed to (thanks to the monopoly), and deal with   
   >> internet formats in ways similar to what they've become accustomed to,   
   >> thanks to the monopoly.   
   >   
   > In other words, they want a Windows computer.   
   >   
   > A "Windows computer" is the thing you describe above.   
      
   That was profound.   
      
   >> If someone were so foolish as to make a Linux distro that exactly   
   >> emulates Windows, and so incredibly lucky as to elbow out Windows in a   
   >> significant percentage of the current desktop computer OEMs, they people   
   >> would buy it, and not even know the difference.   
   >   
   > So let them.   
      
   I am.  Microsoft isn't.   
      
   >> Sure, maybe.  Where a predatory monopolist doesn't hold sway.   
   >   
   > The "monopolist" can't change that fact.   
      
   That was profound.   
      
   >> No there won't, not as long as this Administration treats this predatory   
   >> monopolist with kid gloves.   
   >   
   > Oddly enough it is possible to buy non-Windows computers.   
      
   Okay, then.  Go into Office Depot and buy a non-Windows computer.   
      
   C'mon, I dare ya!   
      
   >> The average user needs to be able to deal with arbitrary   
   >> content, media, and applications in a manner compatible, no matter what   
   >> the computer.   
   >   
   > Again, you are describing a computer compatible with the largest   
   > selection of other computers.   
      
   No sir.  I am talking about applications and data, not computers.   
      
   >> Do not confuse OS-land and hardware-land with user-land.   
   >   
   > No such confusion happened.   
      
   Yes, it did.   
      
   >> Bullshit.  Learn some history.   
   >   
   > What have Microsoft done that would have affected the other OS vendors   
   > even if customers had not made the decision not to buy from these other   
   > vendors?   
      
   Googoo for DOJ+Microsoft.   
      
   >> No it won't.  Why do you think we still have manual versus auto   
   >> transmissions?   
   >   
   > Because transmissions are not subject to a network effect like operating   
   > systems are?   
      
   Bzzzzzt.  Wrong.   Transmissions are just as subject to a network   
   effect.   Yet there are still significant numbers of manual   
   transmissions out there.   
      
   >> > Most customers do not want a non-standard PC.   
   >>   
   >> No shit, Sherlock.   
   >   
   > So you accept that fact but you do not accept that this means that   
   > people will want a Windows computer?   
      
   Exactly.  You and I define standards differently.  People want a PC that   
   does standard things, like support email and word processing.   
      
   You want to define standards as "adhering to Windows".   
      
   >> No.  It is wrong because one branch of government cynically aborted the   
   >> decision of another branch.   
   >   
   > I am sure the supreme court will do something about that if it is really   
   > wrong.   
      
   You are too trusting.   
      
   >> Now what are you doing on the net?  Get back to work, Microslave.   
   >   
   > Have you tried insulting people about this? Did it complement your   
   > arguments?   
      
   Feh.   
      
   > Andrew J. Brehm   
   > Marx Brothers Fan   
      
   You're pretty staid for a Marx Brothers fan.   
      
   > PowerPC/Macintosh User   
      
   So whay aren't you using a standard (Windows) PC?   
      
   > Supporter of Chicken Sandwiches   
      
      
      
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