Re: Not always joking, it seems

Marcus L. Rowland <forgottenfutures@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> You're always at liberty to wipe the hard disk and start from
> scratch ...

Sure.  They don't care whether you keep or delete Windows, just so
long as you pay for it.  This is the so-called "Microsoft tax," which
buyers pay on nearly all computers.

> Most PCs will do a reasonable job of running some sort of linux
> setup, but getting it onto the PC and getting everything to work
> with it is a non-trivial task.

> If you're looking for DOS ...

I prefer NetBSD.  Linux seems to be mostly of interest to Microsoft
refugees and their followers.  The various BSDs are of more interest
to those of us with a mainframe or mini background.
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