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Gateway Testifies To Microsoft's OEM Treatment

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-surprises-here dept.

unconfused1 writes "Gateway testified yesterday about the incredible power that Microsoft wields over OEMs concerning Windows being shipped on every PC. It seems that if an OEM does not ship Windows on every PC they ship that they are severely penalized, and can have their license revoked."

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  1. Why do people keep by tcd004 · · Score: 4, Funny

    talking about this like its new news? It's like every three months people forget and have to report it again. This has been constantly reported since at least since 1997.

    This is why I think there's some kind of mind control going on in the windows OS environment that keeps people from remembering this story. Thats why only alternate OS (Mac Linux etc) users really remember it month to month. Oh well, I guess it gives C-Net something to publish.

    Witness the rebirth of ENRON!

    tcd004

  2. Move to strike... by jdreed1024 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft on Sunday filed to strike large portions of the submitted testimony from the proceeding before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. She did not grant the request.

    "Uh, your honor? We'd like to delete this testimony since it makes us look guilty. We're really not guilty, so you shouldn't allow anyone to intimate otherwise."

    They're pretty dumb if they thought they were going to get away with that. Once has to wonder what will happen to Gateway now... I think MS will take the cow boxes to the slaughterhouse while they still can.

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  3. Re:OEM punishment for testifying? by cscx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like Bill Gates and Co. are going cow tipping tonight...