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From: | jstacey AT plato DOT wadham DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (J-P) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Djgpp dead. |
Date: | 30 Jul 2000 17:00:38 +0100 |
Organization: | Wadham College Oxford |
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References: | <Pine DOT LNX DOT 4 DOT 21 DOT 0007300802400 DOT 17091-100000 AT roadrunner DOT grendel DOT net> <slrn8o89gk DOT 127 DOT lintux_doesnt_like AT syscon DOT minilinux DOT org> |
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+++ OFF TOPIC +++ In article <slrn8o89gk DOT 127 DOT lintux_doesnt_like AT syscon DOT minilinux DOT org>, Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux_doesnt_like AT spam DOT lintux DOT cx> wrote: >Anyway, it'll take a /long/ time before you can buy a computer without >Windows preinstalled everywhere. IIRC, Viglen and Stone refuse to sell servers and workstations without NT implicit in the price: some of them have it installed by some BIOS trick so you don't get CDs to give to your friends^W^W^W^Wkeep somewhere safe. Apparently Mi¢ro$oft force them to do this. I think this is actually against monopoly legislation in the UK.... but I am not a lawyer. J-P
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