>>If the OEMs don't like it they can leave it. And I do not accept the argument of these poor OEMs really have no choice but to kowtow to Microsoft...
That't the whole problem. You see, if Microsoft did NOT have a monopoly, then the OEMs would have the option of bundling something other than windoze and still making a buck, but the fact of the matter is, if you want to sell PCs, you HAVE to sell them with windoze, or you're out of business.
>If you don't like the Windows operating system, then don't develop applications for it.....
Easy for you to say. When %90 of the consumer market has windows on their desktops, developing for windoze is the best way to make money. Again, if M$ did not have a monopoly, then developing a mac-only or linux-only game(for instance) would be commercially viable. As of now, it is not. Let's see, I can write software that %90 of the market can buy, or that only 9% of the market can buy....
I call mine "not a modem"
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When referring to my winmodem, I call it the "not a modem", cause it's not a modem. It just a phone jack with a little bit of logic built in. My not a modem is a 56k and when I try to do something like play q3test, it totally craps out and disconnects. My "regular" 33.6 works just fine when I play quake. Go fig. All you people out there with suck-ass ping times, get a real modem.
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>>If the OEMs don't like it they can leave it. And I do not accept the argument of these poor OEMs really have no choice but to kowtow to Microsoft...
That't the whole problem. You see, if Microsoft did NOT have a monopoly, then the OEMs would have the option of bundling something other than windoze and still making a buck, but the fact of the matter is, if you want to sell PCs, you HAVE to sell them with windoze, or you're out of business.
>If you don't like the Windows operating system, then don't develop applications for it.....
Easy for you to say. When %90 of the consumer market has windows on their desktops, developing for windoze is the best way to make money. Again, if M$ did not have a monopoly, then developing a mac-only or linux-only game(for instance) would be commercially viable. As of now, it is not. Let's see, I can write software that %90 of the market can buy, or that only 9% of the market can buy....
When referring to my winmodem, I call it the "not a modem", cause it's not a modem. It just a phone jack with a little bit of logic built in. My not a modem is a 56k and when I try to do something like play q3test, it totally craps out and disconnects. My "regular" 33.6 works just fine when I play quake. Go fig. All you people out there with suck-ass ping times, get a real modem.