From:	jstacey AT plato DOT wadham DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (J-P)
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Subject:	Re: Djgpp dead.
Date:	30 Jul 2000 17:00:38 +0100
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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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