Instead of a total ban on hard drive preloads, how about a law that guarentees that customers be able to buy PCs without Windows or a Windows licence? PC manufacturers would be required to sell "blank" PCs without any OS and without paying for any OS licence. Microsoft would be prohibited from requiring manufacturers to preload Windows on all machines to get the licencing discounts. Thus, customers would be freed from the M$ tax but novice users could still get Windows preloaded if they wanted.
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Most of the building is funded by the Strata's anyways; only one tower is called "The Gates Building," although that won't last long around here.
That seems what a lot of people will do: call it by its former (or another) name.
Instead of a total ban on hard drive preloads, how about a law that guarentees that customers be able to buy PCs without Windows or a Windows licence? PC manufacturers would be required to sell "blank" PCs without any OS and without paying for any OS licence. Microsoft would be prohibited from requiring manufacturers to preload Windows on all machines to get the licencing discounts. Thus, customers would be freed from the M$ tax but novice users could still get Windows preloaded if they wanted.