http://heliologue.com/2006/04/05/microsoft-decries-naked-pcs/ Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. Wed, 23 May 2012 05:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://heliologue.com/2006/04/05/microsoft-decries-naked-pcs/#comment-15593 Ben Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:19:13 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2006/04/05/microsoft-decries-naked-pcs/#comment-15593 Taken broadly, though, MS might see it as a changing tide. Given how hard they've been fighting lately to stem the popularity of alternative OSs, this doesn't surprise me. Taken broadly, though, MS might see it as a changing tide. Given how hard they’ve been fighting lately to stem the popularity of alternative OSs, this doesn’t surprise me.

]]> http://heliologue.com/2006/04/05/microsoft-decries-naked-pcs/#comment-15592 rob Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:25:32 +0000 http://heliologue.com/blog/2006/04/05/microsoft-decries-naked-pcs/#comment-15592 It's not like this would have any impact on Microsoft's market share at all. The only people who would buy "naked" PCs would be people who want to install alternative operating systems; those people probably build their own PCs at the moment - I mean, they obviously don't buy a Dell and not use the copy of Windows that comes with it - and thus Microsoft don't lose out. It’s not like this would have any impact on Microsoft’s market share at all. The only people who would buy “naked” PCs would be people who want to install alternative operating systems; those people probably build their own PCs at the moment – I mean, they obviously don’t buy a Dell and not use the copy of Windows that comes with it – and thus Microsoft don’t lose out.

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