Re: ok, let's clear this up MS - is Product Activation really restricted?

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Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> On 6/5/05 14:04:05, kurttrail wrote:
>
>> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>>> Consistency, reliability and accuracy were never strongholds of
>>> Microsoft products. They're in the market because of other qualities
>>> (that appeal more to the general public).
>
>> Yeah. Like being pre-installed of the overwhelming majority of OEM
>> computers!
>
> I see that more of a consequence. I'm old enough to remember the time
> when MS Office was not the only contender on the market, and most
> computer outlets offered a choice of similar packages for
> pre-installation -- with MS not having been the cheapest one, AFAIR.
> Yet most people chose MS Office, it seems. Which then made the other
> commercial office suites disappear slowly (and therefore MS Office
> the one single choice for pre-installation).
>
> Somehow they managed to create that "you can't get fired for choosing
> MS" mentality -- but not through consistency, reliability or accuracy
> (in the behavior of their applications, that is :)
>

LOL! I didn't know we were talking about Office in this Windows group,
however which came first MS Office becoming the #1 Office suite, or MS
pressuring OEMs to pre-install MS Office? It's only been since the US
Anti-Trust case that US OEMs started to preinstall other Office suite
options again.

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