What about Apple? They're an OEM that doesn't ship Windows? From that point of view aren't the PC makers really being a bunch of cry-babies. After all, how much money would they be worth if Windows never existed, and how much would it cost them to support the 15 or so OSs that would be around if Windows hadn't dominated? "At Dell, we'll ship CP/M if that's what the user wants." Thank God Gates screwed everyone because the idiot-savants who write code would never be able to make an OS for the masses, and Apple would still be on 5.x since they never had to improve anything till Windows came along, and on the PC side we'd probably still be using amber screens and arguing whether DOS or CP/M is the superior OS. Great code is generally produced by super geniuses who have a hard time buttoning their shirts. Again, Thank God the autistic freak Gates screwed us all so we could now be having these multi-billion dollar arguments!
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What about Apple? They're an OEM that doesn't ship Windows? From that point of view aren't the PC makers really being a bunch of cry-babies. After all, how much money would they be worth if Windows never existed, and how much would it cost them to support the 15 or so OSs that would be around if Windows hadn't dominated? "At Dell, we'll ship CP/M if that's what the user wants." Thank God Gates screwed everyone because the idiot-savants who write code would never be able to make an OS for the masses, and Apple would still be on 5.x since they never had to improve anything till Windows came along, and on the PC side we'd probably still be using amber screens and arguing whether DOS or CP/M is the superior OS. Great code is generally produced by super geniuses who have a hard time buttoning their shirts. Again, Thank God the autistic freak Gates screwed us all so we could now be having these multi-billion dollar arguments!