Microsoft Hatred FAQ 5179
Roedy Green Right I understand that. You could have complied simply by only selling computers with Windows preinstalled. In other...
That doesn't at all address my point. The point is, there are large numbers of people looking for computers with Windows installed on them. If you sell this type of computer, this type of person will come to you.
And you will also see "Designed for Windows XP" or a Microsoft logo in the ad.
No, my point is that this specific Microsoft tactic was a *lesser* tactic than offering only exclusive wholesale deals and there's nothing wrong with a company that only offers exclusive wholesale deals.
What Microsoft didn't want was someone going to a store to buy a PC with Windows and being told that another OS is better and cheaper. If you want to sell a compebreastor's products, Microsoft wasn't going to let you use their popularity to draw that person in.
Why should Microsoft let him build his business selling PCs with Windows and then let him sell the customers that he admits he would have only because he sells Windows PCs on a compebreastor's OS? He says he wouldn't have had enough customers to stay in business if he didn't offer Windows. Then he wants to concvince those customers to use a compebreastor to Windows. Why should Microsoft let him do that?
If I am working on a new burger that competes with the Whopper, do you think Burger King corporate is going to let any restaurant sell my competing burger? So that people who go into a Burger King because they want a Whopper can be told how my competing burger is cheaper and better?
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:49:27 -0700, "David Schwartz" said : They were demanding I sell a copy of windows...
Exclusive wholesale arrangements are not unusual at all. And one of the main reasons is that you don't want someone specifically looking for your brand to then be switched to a compebreastor.
The point is, he wouldn't have customers if he didn't offer Windows. His customers are coming to him *because* he offers Windows. Microsoft wants a portion of the money that he gets solely because he offers Windows. Why aren't they enbreastled to it?
That is an item of data which is largely true - it's not totally true, because most people could not care less what operating system is on their computer so long as it is one which...
He admits, he wouldn't have any business or any customers unless he offers Windows. That is, it is his offering Windows that allows him to build a business, a customer base, and so on. Why is it wrong for Microsoft to want a cut of the business that he has only because he offers their products?
This is what Burger King does if you want to sell their burgers.
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