> > Thanks for what? Crippling every desktop PC in the country by, via a monopoly achieved through illicit business practices, denying home users the viable option of purchasing an operating system that works?
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> One isn't denied from using a differet operating system, what about Linix, or Macintosh?

I think the key word you're missing in Sam's last paragraph there is "viable". Yes, you can choose Linux or Macintosh, but doing so will severely limit your options in terms of the software you can use, because the vast majority of software out there is made for Windows and ONLY for Windows.

Don Monkey