I just saw on idot.com that they let you purchase boxes without any OS. 

Carl Parrish


On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 22:59, Entelin wrote:
> Well out of all of this thats the #1 thing that pisses me off. Want a
> toshiba laptop? well you have to pay the "Microsoft Tax" to get it even
> if you dont want the software. They wont even let you buy it OEM.
> Personaly I would rather have the 50-300 $ (whatever toshiba pays for
> it).
> 
> On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:30, Kevin Brown wrote:
> > I refuse to buy the prebuilt systems from Dell because I have no choice, but to 
> > pay that fee for M$ office.  I don't mind paying for things I want or will use, 
> > but to have something forced on me and charged for it is outrageous.
> > 
> > > I think that it's funny that linux represents a threat to Microsoft.
> > > It's kind of like the ultimate answer to the predator that they
> > > are...they gave their Office application away for years and now that
> > > they have everyone hooked...they cranked up the price.
> > > 
> > > Interestingly, a friend of mine bought a few Dell computers and said
> > > that he got Office Small Business Edition for only like $ 50-60 per. I
> > > suspect that OpenOffice likewise represents a threat to them
> > 
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