Re: [tlug] Re: Post my article on tlug.jp?

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 28/07/07, Jonathan Byrne <jonathan@example.com> wrote:

> On 7/28/2007, "Lyle H Saxon" <llletters@example.com> wrote:
>
> >Windows is "free in many cases"?  Could you specify what these cases
> >are exactly?  Your example of having your money taken from you without
> >your permission, thus it is "free" is nonsense!
>
> On thinking about this, I have to challenge it. Taking your money is when
> someone presses a gun into your back and offers you a choice between
> handing over your wallet and about 180 grains in weight.
>
> Pre-installed Windows on a computer is more like buying a pair of jeans.

Pre-installed Windows is a very small part of Dave's overall argument.

He is talking about the social notion that Windows is free, not the
specific case of pre-installed Windows.

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Cheers,
Josh