[wellylug] Do your part to help - I have :)
Jonathan Harker
jharker at massey.ac.nz
Tue Feb 10 15:06:41 NZDT 2004
Martin Bähr wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:53:20PM +1300, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
>
>>all those went to MSN, because it came
>>with Windows,
>>Same with Browsers,
>>and soon will be the same with Virus scanning, when they build it into
>>Windows, and the same with Firewall products.
>
>
> so?
> when i use linux i use the browser that comes with it, the linux builtin
> firewall and anything else which in most cases will already be installed.
>
> there is a difference between bundling tools and restricting how these
> tools can be used. it's the restrictions that hurt, not the bundling.
>
> greetings, martin.
Linux distros generally come with more than one browser, more than one
firewall and more than one of most things such as IM clients and media
players. Also, there are many different distros of Linux to choose from.
There is only one "distro" of Windows. It comes with only one browser, one
firewall, one IM client, one media player, all of them also from Microsoft.
They are using their monopoly in desktop OSes to monopolise browsers, media
players, IM clients, and soon firewalls and virus utilities through bundling.
J
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