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Countering the Arguments Against Unbundling Windows

Posted by kdawson on from the package-with-a-live-cd-and-wrap-with-a-bow dept.

An anonymous reader sends in a link to a blog posting by Con Zymaris arguing for competition regulators to force the unbundling of Windows from consumer PCs. The argument takes the form of knocking down one by one the objections raised by "unbundling skeptics."

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  1. Re:hard to parse much? by Non-Huffable+Kitten · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Are you unsure you really don't want to cancel the deletion of this file? One of the buttons in this dialog always lies, the other always tells the truth. Timeout in 5..4..3.."

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  2. Re:Help us government, because we can't win? by Ian+Alanai · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nope, you don't need everyone in the Linux camp handing out hard drives like Scientologists hand out Dianetics.
    ...
    Really, all you need to do is set up a Linux PC company and run it kinda like the way Apple does..

    I thought you said they should not run it like a cult.

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  3. Re:But then ... by Fred_A · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think they were actually expecting people to buy them...

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