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Article #308Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: John Navas
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:01
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:01
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:36:07 GMT, in <i22cvm$72u$2@news.eternal-september.org>, sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >>But still had to pay for Windows, the real crux of the issue. > >If they wanted to continue to be Windows vendors, yes. > >By the same token, companies such as Pepsi have exclusive contracts with >restaurants that they can no longer sell Pepsi if they sell Coke. Nobody's >gotten up in arms over that. The difference is that Pepsi doesn't have market power, and not being able to offer Windows is a huge reduction in potential market. >I happen to know someone who used to put together souped-up machines for >hobbyists. He paid nothing to Microsoft for anything. Can you name a single significant PC manufacturer that didn't sign up for Windows? Hobbyists don't count. ;) -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern๏ฟฝs Law of Suspended Judgement]
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