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Article #1177Re: Install win xp over a network
From: David Maynard
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:44
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:44
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kony wrote: > On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 03:20:29 -0500, David Maynard > <nospam@private.net> wrote: > > >>kony wrote: >> >> >>>On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:34:59 -0500, David Maynard >>><nospam@private.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>so are any concerns that conflict >>>>>with MS's wallet. After all, we're only paying customers. >>>> >>>>Why is it that people who want things for 'free' get incensed when the >>>>other party is concerned with their wallet too? >>> >>> >>>Did you overlook those last two words I wrote? >> >>No. You didn't 'pay' for what isn't offered. >> >>But it is interesting that you kept claiming 'support' was 'free' while >>simultaneously accusing them of dropping it to save money. > > > No, Yes. You said "[trivial] are any concerns that conflict with MS's wallet," which is a clear 'accusation' that they were motivated by cost cutting even though you simultaneously claimed it costs nothing. > you were the one arguing about it costing them money, Yes, I was and am. Because it does. > so > within that context it's still a poor excuse because they'd > have to actually add features rather than subtract them if > they had a competitive market. Or increase the price to cover the expense to 'support' a meaningless protocol or sacrifice some other feature in exchange. Not to mention that in a 'competitive market' there's no advantage in 'supporting' inferiority. You're letting emotion obscure reasoning.
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