From:	Joseph Morris <jpm AT it-he DOT org>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Djgpp dead. [OT]
Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2000 23:22:53 +0100
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J-P wrote:
> 
> 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.

In what way is this different to the DRDOS trick of forcing manufacturers
to pay for MS-DOS whether or not it was on the machines?

Or are they allowed to do this because Caldera settled without actually
winning?

> 
> J-P

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