[Cialug] Re: MS (was: Vote)

[Chris Hilton]

That's true.  And if you shop for a car by buying from Ford without
shopping any other dealerships you have the same problem. It's hardly
fair to say the consumer isn't responsible because they aren't
knowledgable enough to know where to look for alternatives.
I suppose I forgot to blaim business as well, many people buy what their
business uses.

On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 16:17 -0600, Jeff Davis wrote:
> Chris Hilton wrote:
> 
> > Ultimately, MS is the consumers fault for
> > investing in the company; blaming the Government for not destroying it
> > is taking blame away from the people truly at fault: stupid spend-thrift
> > American consumers ;).
> 
> 
> In the consumer's defense, they are rarely offered an alternative.
> Mr. & Mrs. First Time Computer Buyer standing in Walmart/Best Buy/et al.
> often don't even know how they'll use a computer.  The conversations
> with the sales staff (if one occurs) will center on hardware choices.
> The next issue is internet access i.e. what provider to choose for their dial up.
> The OS is pretty much a given.
> 
> This relates directly to the stated reason for the LUG.  To promote linux.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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