You must have forgotten how in the early 90's Microsoft required all the big PC companies to ship new machines with Windows. This wasn't an option, Dell *had* to ship Windows with the machine and they couldn't offer other OSs as options.
Of course, being afraid of losing PC sales, they all shipped Windows, making Gates the wealthy person he is today.
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You must have forgotten how in the early 90's
Microsoft required all the big PC companies to
ship new machines with Windows. This wasn't an
option, Dell *had* to ship Windows with the machine
and they couldn't offer other OSs as options.
Of course, being afraid of losing PC sales, they all
shipped Windows, making Gates the wealthy person he is today.
Yeah, there is such a device, it's called
a Netscreen NS5. 7Mb/s 3DES for $400 ain't bad.