[Leaplist] Walmart gOS computers...

[Gavin Baker]

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> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:56:52 -0500
> From: patrick <pberry2 at cfl.rr.com>
> 
[...]
> At the Thrift stores, some of the techs. have called Microsoft, about
> putting old Windows versions on the old computers, and stated to me
> that the answer is that they can use windoze 95/98/98SE/Me/2k without
> license fees.
> 
> I truly doubt that [...]

I believe it. IIRC, the Dignity Project in Gainesville
<http://www.dignityproject.com/> is allowed to install Win98 at no cost
on their refurbished PCs.

If I was Microsoft, I would *much* rather people run Win98 for no fee
than run Linux. See this article:

http://articles.tlug.jp/Windows_Is_Free

"If every user who had a cracked copy of Windows had a legitimate
version of Linux instead, what would the percentage of computers running
Linux be? More than there are now, that's for sure."

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Gavin Baker
http://www.gavinbaker.com/
gavin at gavinbaker.com
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