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The Windows Tax
No one should have to pay for Windows if they don't want it on the PC they purchase.

There are no alternatives PC SKUs with Linux in the channel for Retail Walk-In Point of Sale that consumers can choose. Nor can they buy in the same setting a bare-bones PC with no O/S.

How PCs are sold in the channel insofar as how it hinders consumer choice is 'the problem'.
Posted by: Dietrich T. Schmitz   Posted on: 06/22/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I'm still trying to understand....  storm14k | 06/22/09
The Big Question  daengbo | 06/23/09
Dana are you still using Windows?  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/24/09
Someone gets it.  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/24/09
My Mom, God rest her soul, was Irish also.  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
DOJ Wake Up!  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
So what is the problem?  GuidingLight | 06/22/09
The Windows Tax  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
sure about that?  JT82 | 06/22/09
Reread  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
Retail and marketshare  dpalley | 06/22/09
Consumers are NOT given the choice  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
where is your store?  robbieharrison@... | 06/22/09
No coincidence  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
No MS conspiracy here  dpalley | 06/22/09
@dpalley: You need to cite a source. Just ONE, but you won't find it.  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/22/09
So you have no store, just a big mouth...  robbieharrison@... | 06/23/09
ad hominem is usually what happens when I make a point  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/23/09
Still peddling this theory eh?  eb276 | 06/23/09
RE: Channel ambition is not a conspiracy  DannyO_0x98 | 06/22/09
Yes................  spartan2276 | 06/26/09

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