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In <MPG.ef13407305c743198968e@troll.apana.org.au>, terry@gargoyle.apana.org.au (Terry ) writes:
>In article <664nrq$7i$1@excalibur.flash.net>, mscooper@flash.REMOVE.net 
>says...
>> >Mostly correct - only oem's are allowed to buy the software.  Even then,
>> >they are only allowed to sell it installed on a system.  Most which
>> >appears at computer shows, of the oem version, is probably pirated,
>> >especially when you see prices under $90, which is about what oem's pay in
>> >small quanities.  I've seen it at shows for $55.00.  I know its piriated
>> >from somebody, because even myself as an oem, can't purchase it at that
>> >price.
>> 
>> 
>> Hey....
>> 
>> You're the person to ask then....
>> 
>> If someone comes in and asks you to sell him a system without any OS on it,
>> do you charge them the same price as if it had Win95 on it?  And does M$
>> make you install the software whether the buyer wants it or not?
>
>MS can't "make" you have their OS on the system, they do however pay most 
>of the distributer out there to install it. So basically why is the 
>distrubuter going to offer you a choice between OS/2 and 95, when MS will 
>pay them if 95 ends up the system, but IBM won't if OS/2 does. It is all 
>a matter of money.
>

MS can't but the computer dealer can and does.  It's rather hard to 
find any major seller who will sell something other than MS or even a 
bare system for that matter.  Besides, AFAIK MS doesn't pay to have 
their software installed rather they offer a discount if 
theirs is the only software carried.  

J. Pedone
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http://www.geocities.com/~jpedone

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