i'm out, i have company for a few nights.
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Karthik Poobal wrote:
> I am in for tomorrow.
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> On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:38 PM,
I am in for tomorrow.
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Karthik Poobalasubramanian
Louisiana Board of Regents
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On Feb 25, 2009, at 6:38 PM, CM Banker wrote:
> Final Count
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> On 2/24/09, Alvaro Zuniga wrote:
>> Guys,
>> Thursday works good for me! 7:30? I ju
Final Count
On 2/24/09, Alvaro Zuniga wrote:
> Guys,
> Thursday works good for me! 7:30? I just called and they informed me we can
> only reserve the wine cellar room. If we want to sit in the dinning area we
> would need at least half the party present. So, we will probably need some
> volun
Yes, MS will contribute "Marketing Funds" back to you when you complete certain
requirements, like offering machines only with options for Windows. The bigger
you are, the more you get, so you can't really blame the Dells of the world for
passing them up. In the end, it ends up costing the end u
I think the subsidies that Tim talks about is if the manufacturer
offers only windows. I think the cost of windows goes up if they offer
OSS options. The last time I bought a windows XP system builder's
version it cost around $100 bucks. That to me is an anticompetitive
practice.
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I'm wondering though, at least for Dell, I assume they have an image
and the hard drives get imaged way before the assembly line. So, to have
an option at the assembly line that says, select drive 1 for Windows or
drive 2 for OSS... wouldn't be too much to add. I dunno, i have no idea
how it actual
The cost for an OEM copy of windows, after all the subsidies is something like
$35. If you take into account the costs to build a process to order machines
without an OS for the small number of people who would even request that sort
of thing, you can see why the big box manufacturers don't want
> Few years ago when I was looking into getting a laptop, I could not get a
> preloaded linux one
> from any "major" manufacturer. The situation is a little bit better now. BTW
> the same issue applies to Apple.
A few years ago is a whole different story. I don't use linux as my primary
desk
Back when this first became an issue, web browsers were still considered an
add-on to basic computing for the most part. These days web-based applications
are often misssion-critical for a lot of companies and users, and the idea of
booting up a new computing without a browser can be troublesome
I agree that when you put out a product you should be free to do what
you want with it but unfortunately when companies have more than 90%
of share in a market, they tend to strong arm their competition.
Assuming Ford is the only major manufacturer of automobile engines in
EU and there are
He Brad
You are correct, I have similar feelings towards catalyst converter. I will
check out an essay in that area since that is probably a more mature and
apparently resolved issue.I am sure many parallels will emerge. Having said
that, it sounds like we should probably move this to the politi
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