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Linux, like Heathlit is doomed to fail.
Microsoft's revenues from its Windows and Office monopolies are so fantastically high that the company can afford to pay staggering settlements to states where Microsoft's monopolistic business practices have been found to cheat consumers by killing the competition that would normally act to bring prices down.

Outcome of my dispute with VCC Systems
The deals Microsoft offers computer manufacturers also come into play: Why spend money for competing applications if consumers can get this software for "free"? let me quickly acknowledge that an all-Macintosh or all-Unix environment would be nearly as vulnerable to monoculture attacks as an all-Windows office,

Who runs this country?
As far as the learning curve on the programs go, I believe if you took a Windows user, told him you had just gotten a whole bunch of new Windows office programs and wanted him to try them out --Rod -- Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers" and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod.

Windows XP Virus Warning
If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD). AutoCorrect entries are stored in three locations: the registry, the Normal.dot template file, Best regards, Carol Flamer Microsoft Technical Support Office & Consumer Support Delighting our customers is our top priority.

How to graw NDO
Thank you Microsoft for releasing the Windows Security Update cd free of charge in order to better protect your consumers. Crossover office and wine will allow most windows office style application to run but has somewhat of a learning curve and can be difficult to get satisfactory results.

Selling Monitor Philip 105B
The consumers choose Microsoft more an more each year. That can be seen in the jump in Windows XP sales over previous versions. Increased Office XP sales and the upward trend in MSNIA Subscribers. If MSNIA continues their current trend, they will be somewhere near 10 million customers by the end of the year.

Bad experience in finalizing a contract with a Builder
Doc Holliday d...@okcorral.com misc consumers frugal-living Wrong Thread! Doc. "Frugal Sam" <frugal...@hotmail.com> wrote in message Dockers (just like Levi's and other popular apparel) - PDAs (Palm/Handspring) till very recently - Popular computer software titles (Microsoft Windows/Office, Intuit Quicken etc)

X Box games not selling
Packard Bell also will promote CompuServe within the initial setup process on its personal computers with Windows 98. This will enable users to sign up The Consumer Products Division of Packard Bell NEC markets a broad range of desktop PCs designed to meet the diverse needs of the home and home office consumer.

Price setting ...
It's interesting to argue *what* law this violates, or *how* consumers were harmed by this. I'll leave it up to the law guys to figure this out. I'm still to be convinced of That's probably *why* they enjoy a monopoly in Windows C++ IDEs. Much like why they enjoy an effective monopoly on Windows Office Suites.

FW: [BSDG] Re: OT: Friday humor
D576BA20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, happy new year to all. This letter for sharing informations. Sometimes they have columnists who help consumers in distress. And Indiana probably has an office for consumer affairs. Check that out.

Exploding rear windshield
Consumers and businesses don't have to spends billions to use it. The number of losers would be minute compared to those who would gain. system company (selling Windows) oA traditional applications company (selling Office and Outlook) The software doesn't have to be made open source to make it all fair.

Linux vs WinMe
Frugal Sam frugal...@hotmail.com misc consumers frugal-living A few more things on which I have noticed price setting : - Dockers (just like Levi's and other popular apparel) - PDAs (Palm/Handspring) till very recently - Popular computer software titles (Microsoft Windows/Office, Intuit Quicken etc)

Inkjet vs laser printers, which has a lower cost per page (ink ...
That would do nothing to prevent M$ from selling their version of Windows as the only one, true, guaranteed-to-be-compatible-with-everything-past-future-and- present Windows, and consumers would stick with theirs. It's a nice visible patch that corrects nothing fundamental.

Recycle Those Old Computers!
Some experts feel that even at a conservative estimate, the hardware-software savings with an open source based thin client can be 75% or more as compared with MS Windows-office fat desktop. This is perhaps the reason why countries like China, Brazil, South Africa and Germany have chosen open source software and

Should computer science classes be mandatory in universities?
Their concern is how well Office runs. That's their bread and butter. Next would be their various server products. When a large corporate user decides to replace 10000 (or more) desktops and notebooks, Microsoft's concerns revolve around whether the customer will stay with Windows/Office or migrate to Linux/Open

MS pays Apple $$$ millions in hush money [Long]
(Yes, you can buy a Linux laptop from IBM, but not one that runs the Windows Office applications you need or that can switch to Linux or BeOS when you want. .... blackmail OEMS into ignoring BeOS, hiding its presence, leaving its bootloader out, or otherwise making it invisible and difficult for consumers to boot.

Tips increasing beyond rate of inflation
They say that the Gettysburg Office Consumer Assistance cannot provide further details on the delay. (***** MORE ARRL BOARD ACTIONS More on actions taken by the ARRL Board ..... < Internet: bigst...@dorsai.org > < I was balding, then I installed Windows 95 and pulled the rest out. > < US Mail: PO Box 396, New York,

Official: Microsoft is a Monopoly
Fonts : Over 70 Windows Fonts For Entry in Text Boxes. Plus much more. From Program World Services Software Division (PWS) 6:00AM-11:00PM PST (559) 255-9750 To view the Software Location Services, Computers Built to Order (559) 255-9110 8AM-8PM PST Bus. Lic. 127836, Reg. With The Office of Consumer Affairs.

N.American/global Xbox sales figures,Xbox 2 in Europe and NA
Correct me if I am wrong, but MS Office on the Mac is developed by Microsoft themselves, how is it that the Windows Office development team had access to the OOXML specification but the Mac Office team did not? [...] Microsoft's ECMA submission comprised more than 6000 pages. The challenge of plowing through so

Three views on Free/Libre and Open Source Software... (long)
That includes a whole new version of Windows Office © products which you can purchase just in time for Christmas, usually at under $500! .... We'll also send, in your name, a letter to Congress, and the editor of your hometown newspaper, reminding him or her that American consumers want software designed by huge