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Dear Bill Gates, ...

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From: house ron
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 12:25
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Dear Bill Gates,

I am writing this open letter to you in this forum because I feel the
issue should be open to all who wish to comment.  Let's pose a hypothetical
situation:

I have just bought a 2nd hand PC.  It is a 'no-name' el cheapo, and I
got it from a bloke whose honesty I wouldn't vouch for.  It is loaded
with DOS.

Being an honest chap, I immediately reformat the disk to eliminate the
bootleg DOS, & I pop round to my local computer store to pay my cold hard cash
for a legit. copy.  No Dice.  I can get the upgrade, but that looks for an
existing DOS & refuses to install.  The bloke at the store tells me that
YOU Mr Gates forbid him from selling me a bona fide full copy of DOS.
YOU won't sell it to me either.

I have two options:
(a) Chuck away my computer.
(b) Pirate a DOS from somewhere.

Which do you suggest?

--
Regards,

Ron House.   (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au)
(By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)
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