Re: Platform of Choice

Subject: Re: Platform of Choice
From: William=E -dot- =Newkirk%Pubs%GenAv -dot- Mlb -at- RODES -dot- CCA -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 09:09:58 EST

>Little of everything, I think. Windows is more of a de facto standard
>than a standard of choice, since Microsoft's (now-illegal) bundling
>deals with DOS/Win3x.

it may be illegal to "bundle" MS software with a computer, but you aren't
going to buy one w/o windows at your local computer store (unless it's a mac).

certainly every "complete" system we've acquired lately comes with windows as
the default os (and i can't say that they offer a choice of OS...)

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