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by Andrew Grygus

12/21/06 2:38:18 PM

As a builder formerly listed as a "Microsoft Partner" -

. . I got letters from Microsoft asking me to send to them the names and addresses of customers who requested computers without an operating system.

I posted one of those letters on the Internet and there was a big fuss, after which they stopped sending me letters like that - but they were definitely after any business buying computers without Windows - and probably still are.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

French consumer group targets the Microsoft tax. - (a6l6e6x) - (80) - Dec. 14, 2006, 11:46:50 AM EST

French consumer group targets the "Microsoft tax". - (andread) - (79) - Dec. 14, 2006, 03:58:48 PM EST

Maybe you can - (tuberculosis) - Dec. 14, 2006, 07:30:30 PM EST

thats probably the most stupid remark you have ever uttered - (boxley) - (77) - Dec. 14, 2006, 07:51:38 PM EST

Unfortunately, no, it isn't. - (CRConrad) - (76) - Dec. 15, 2006, 02:40:10 AM EST

So Move to France - (andread) - (75) - Dec. 15, 2006, 10:57:20 AM EST

so only white box builders should be allowed to not sell $MS -NT - (boxley) - (74) - Dec. 15, 2006, 11:40:09 AM EST

Re: so only white box builders should be allowed to not sell - (andread) - (73) - Dec. 15, 2006, 03:36:12 PM EST

really? - (boxley) - Dec. 15, 2006, 03:48:56 PM EST

It most certainly is a question of allowed. - (Andrew Grygus) - (71) - Dec. 15, 2006, 03:51:06 PM EST

Re: It most certainly is a question of allowed. - (andread) - (70) - Dec. 17, 2006, 11:20:32 AM EST

well dell and gateway anyway, customer service sux -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 17, 2006, 11:32:50 AM EST

Hmm. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 17, 2006, 11:35:45 AM EST

It is to laugh . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Dec. 17, 2006, 12:20:10 PM EST

Nit - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 17, 2006, 12:16:24 PM EST

Yea, PowerEdge - corrected. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 17, 2006, 12:18:43 PM EST

I have a Lenovo laptop - (crazy) - Dec. 17, 2006, 12:16:27 PM EST

You miss the point spectacularly. - (pwhysall) - (63) - Dec. 17, 2006, 12:15:10 PM EST

Most shills do. ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - (61) - Dec. 17, 2006, 06:16:10 PM EST

Re: Most shills do. ;-) - (andread) - (60) - Dec. 18, 2006, 10:19:59 AM EST

There are certainly ways to do that WITHOUT - (bepatient) - Dec. 18, 2006, 10:36:40 AM EST

All PC buyers aren't the same. - (Another Scott) - (8) - Dec. 18, 2006, 10:49:56 AM EST

Why on Earth would you think such a thing??? - (CRConrad) - (7) - Dec. 18, 2006, 04:14:10 PM EST

Fanboy, maybe. Shill, no. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Dec. 18, 2006, 04:31:31 PM EST

Perhaps even a longterm MSFT stockholder. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 18, 2006, 05:35:45 PM EST

Whew! For a while there, I thought I had the usage wrong... - (CRConrad) - (4) - Dec. 19, 2006, 11:55:20 AM EST

dunno crc shill/fanboy=prostitute/slut one gets paid to - (boxley) - Dec. 19, 2006, 12:15:49 PM EST

wrong - (andread) - (2) - Dec. 21, 2006, 09:47:33 AM EST

Uuuh... How, exactly, was that *not* logic? - (CRConrad) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2006, 02:34:06 PM EST

logic? - (andread) - Dec. 22, 2006, 12:25:44 AM EST

I addressed your point directly, you ignored it, again - (boxley) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2006, 11:46:10 AM EST

It's a lot harder, actually. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 18, 2006, 12:30:18 PM EST

I addressed your point directly, you ignored it, again - (boxley) - Dec. 18, 2006, 11:46:13 AM EST

And that means "Windows only" just how? - (Andrew Grygus) - (46) - Dec. 18, 2006, 12:29:27 PM EST

Re: And that means "Windows only" just how? - (andread) - (45) - Dec. 18, 2006, 05:07:48 PM EST

I'll bet companies that have to pay twice would like it. - (Another Scott) - Dec. 18, 2006, 05:30:08 PM EST

The value of PCs without software? - (pwhysall) - (43) - Dec. 18, 2006, 05:50:48 PM EST

Re: The value of PCs without software? - (andread) - (42) - Dec. 19, 2006, 10:50:53 AM EST

You are still missing it - (bepatient) - (18) - Dec. 19, 2006, 11:04:08 AM EST

For values of "missing it" equal to "doesn't WANT to get it" - (CRConrad) - (14) - Dec. 19, 2006, 12:01:22 PM EST

I understand the mental block - (bepatient) - (11) - Dec. 19, 2006, 12:17:14 PM EST

Bunk - (andread) - (10) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:09:42 PM EST

Bullpucky - (bepatient) - Dec. 19, 2006, 05:53:03 PM EST

horsekabobs - (boxley) - (8) - Dec. 19, 2006, 05:59:16 PM EST

Are you talking desktops or servers? - (lincoln) - (7) - Dec. 20, 2006, 02:46:56 PM EST

Dell's schizophrenic regarding Linux. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Dec. 20, 2006, 03:05:24 PM EST

Last I heard - though that was a while back . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Dec. 20, 2006, 05:38:47 PM EST

well, hear this - (andread) - (4) - Dec. 21, 2006, 09:44:01 AM EST

Please note: S-E-R-V-E-R - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Dec. 21, 2006, 09:48:27 AM EST

your words cited below - (andread) - (1) - Dec. 21, 2006, 09:54:30 AM EST

That's not what was said. - (pwhysall) - Dec. 21, 2006, 10:27:16 AM EST

I can show you a desktop... - (pwhysall) - Dec. 21, 2006, 10:48:18 AM EST

For values of "Chuckles" equal to "doesn't get it" - (andread) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:13:48 PM EST

Chuckling my cheeks off. - (CRConrad) - Dec. 20, 2006, 03:44:30 AM EST

Re: You are still missing it - (andread) - (2) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:02:00 PM EST

I didn't give you a car analogy - (bepatient) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2006, 05:59:53 PM EST

I think he's just trying to be annoying - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 20, 2006, 01:35:22 AM EST

Re: The value of PCs without software? - (pwhysall) - (18) - Dec. 19, 2006, 11:26:46 AM EST

full retail? - (andread) - (1) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:03:50 PM EST

Re: Business model - (hnick) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:41:26 PM EST

Re: The value of PCs without software? - (Simon_Jester) - (15) - Dec. 20, 2006, 09:48:41 AM EST

Re: The value of PCs without software? - (pwhysall) - (14) - Dec. 20, 2006, 10:10:24 AM EST

Wow.... - (Simon_Jester) - (13) - Dec. 20, 2006, 11:44:26 AM EST

The refund is wrong. - (pwhysall) - (12) - Dec. 20, 2006, 11:47:07 AM EST

a little googling - (andread) - (11) - Dec. 21, 2006, 10:02:37 AM EST

Did ZD do a followup, hmmm? -NT - (Another Scott) - Dec. 21, 2006, 10:32:06 AM EST

No pressure...of course not. - (Simon_Jester) - Dec. 21, 2006, 02:20:52 PM EST

As a builder formerly listed as a "Microsoft Partner" - - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 21, 2006, 02:38:18 PM EST

Re: a little googling ____ Not. So. Fast. there, fanboy - (Ashton) - (7) - Dec. 22, 2006, 03:19:41 AM EST

Ashton . . . you trying to overload the poor boy? - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 22, 2006, 12:48:15 PM EST

Re: a little googling - (andread) - (5) - Dec. 22, 2006, 09:09:45 PM EST

Ooh boy - (bepatient) - (4) - Dec. 22, 2006, 09:55:32 PM EST

Ooh - (andread) - (3) - Dec. 23, 2006, 10:28:47 AM EST

I know you're missing this on purpose, but ... - (drewk) - Dec. 23, 2006, 01:02:46 PM EST

You STILL ignore the point - (bepatient) - Dec. 23, 2006, 01:21:51 PM EST

Oh...So what, exactly, *did* you think we'd be discussing... - (CRConrad) - Dec. 23, 2006, 03:22:57 PM EST

Car analogy holds - (jbrabeck) - (3) - Dec. 19, 2006, 02:23:48 PM EST

Car analogy reeks - (andread) - (2) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:15:45 PM EST

Car analogy works - (ubernostrum) - Dec. 19, 2006, 04:58:52 PM EST

Eh? - (pwhysall) - Dec. 20, 2006, 02:18:01 AM EST

That's not what he was aiming for -NT - (drewk) - Dec. 17, 2006, 06:20:48 PM EST

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