Dan Stromberg writes:
> It's just _wrong_ for MS to get profit from PDA's that will only be
> run with Linux.
I agree. MS isn't making a profit now, and if we encourage as many
people as possible to replace their Wince with Linux, perhaps MS never
will. This would be a good thing.
Dan Stromberg writes:
> Compaq should, at a minimum, have the option of selling with no
> preloaded OS, or just enough to bootstrap a real os. It's just not
> reasonable to say you're supporting linux, and then give money to
> microsoft every time someone buys a PDA to use with linux.
It's cheaper for Compaq to pay the Microsoft tax than create and stock
another product line.
Microsoft gets a very small amount of money per PDA sold. They are
trying to build maket share. Let's help them fail!
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