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On 5/3/2013 16:40, Albert Dengg wrote:<br>
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On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 04:20:11PM +0000, howard wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I think the car analogy is quite meaningless. The car manufacturers
are entirely responsible for the car as a system and cannot sell it
without stringent safety criteria being met. This would not be
possible without them having control over the components and their
integration into the whole system. There are bits they could leave
out such as radios but not anything necesaary to drive the car.
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<pre wrap="">well, i did not bring it up, i was just repling to the topic at hand...
as for only beeing able to sell as whole:
i don't think it's true, as there are also for example kit cars...but
that is getting quite offtopic here.
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The OS in a computer is more like the driver of the car. The car
company is not responsible for how anyone drives, provided the car
is designed in such a way to make it safe for suitable drivers (e.g.
not children, or people who have some disability unless it has been
modied). Computers can run perfectly well under many different
operation systems provided they are built with the appropriate
compatibility. The monopoly enjoyed by Microsoft prevents consumers
choosing their OS of choice. For software that runs under Windows I
prefer XP, but my laptop bundled with Windows 7 home edition cannot
be "downgraded" to XP. This is quite wrong and trading standards
organisations are wrong to let MS get away with their domination of
the hardware manufacturers and retail distributer network.
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<pre wrap="">well, while somewhat true this is not completly the point here either...
even though the car company might not get sued for something the driver
does...nobody has ever tried to sue MS or the hardware vendor for what
the user does with the computer.</pre>
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I agree. I'm sorry I wasn't very clear. The vendors should sell
computers enabled for any OS, just like a car can be driven by any
driver. <br>
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best<br>
Howard<br>
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yours,
albert
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