As I was saying...

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 09:11:11AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote

>   That's right Google will *PAY* Dell to load its software.
> And so will Symantec (90-day free trial anti-virus) as will various
> other outfits.  In the final analysis, Dell probably makes more
> from promotional loads than it pays to Microsoft for OEM Windows.
> In the consumer market, with razor-thin margins, every additional
> dollar helps.
> 
>   Dell doesn't care if you wipe Windows and install a real OS on
> the day you get your new PC.  Dell still gets its money from the
> outfits who ask for their software to be loaded on your PC.  And
> Microsoft can honestly tell the us DOJ that it is no longer
> strong-arming Dell to load Windows on all its PCs.

  See http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6078219.html for some of the
problems associated with all the pre-loaded trial-ware garbage, e.g.
new machines that take minutes to boot, and are painfully slow.

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