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David Schwartz wrote:

>     Precisely. If you wish to be an authorized dealer/distributor, you must
> present the product to the consumer the way the manufacturer wishes it to be
> presented. After that, the consumer has pretty much free reign to modify the
> product.
>

   Microsoft licenses have been very specific about what the OEMs could modify
(not much).

  Microsoft clearly can write the software so than Windows won't run without
MSIE, and they can make it very difficult for rival products to function well on
the Windows platform.

AT&T used to make similiar arguements about the network.  They used to claim
that anyone else's CPE would cause harm to the network, and that customers
should only be permited to buy same from AT&T.

   Jamie