[Ti] Apple's True Market Share!

[Massimo Marino]

I  beg to differ. Statistics focusing on Windows vs Mac OS are 
inherently biased. For example I cannot find anywhere statistics on PC 
bought with WIndows (any flavor) inside and then end up having the HD 
wiped out right-away and a Linux version installed at the place.
I know many who did exactly that which amounts to buying a computer as 
a simple piece of hardware. Not only, have you ever heard of the class 
suit against M$?  from users who did exactly that and asked for being 
reimbursed the add-on on the price because the PeeCee had Windows 
pre-installed.

Sony next year (2003) will offer consumers to buy its line of PC with 
Linux pre-installed or no OS pre-installed with lower prices than the 
same version with Windows pre-installed.
Someone in Redmont must be fuming.

Cheers

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 04:58 PM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List 
wrote:

> Of course it is relevant.  Nobody buys a computer as simply a piece of
> hardware - as if it were a couch or a coffee table.
--
Massimo Marino
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
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