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Buy PC Without an OS... Get a Visit From MSFT?
sebFlyte writes "'Don't sell PCs without operating systems or we'll send the boys round.' That seems to be the general message coming out of microsoft's antipiracy unit, according to ZDNet. While MS seems to accept that people might want to get hold of PCs without Windows so they can put Linux on them, they don't think that's a good enough excuse. "We want to urge all system builders -- indeed, all Partners -- not to supply naked PCs. It is a risk to your customers and a risk to your business," says Microsoft. The FSF has given this policy short shrift, saying: "It looks like a private sniffing service which is supposed to spy on these who do not want to pay the Microsoft tax anymore. It is an incredible piece of impudence.""
MS: Yea, I'd sure hate to see somethin happen to that nice pretty hard drive... *waves magnet menacingly close* Wouldn't want to be swimmin with the penguins now would we?
and the dead parot.
The origional Steriotype of a Pirate had a living parot. But due to recent Satire of the Steriotype they like to make the parrot dead. So you have now made a steriotype of a sitire of a steriotype. Wow.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Exactly, just ship with Slackware installed.
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