Since you obviously don't realize it, new PCs from Gateway, AST, Packard Bell, etc, ALL come with the respective vendor's logo in PLASTERED all over the whole background, ie the wallpaper of the desktop.
I'm very very disappointed with Gateway's whiny, hypocritical, ungrateful, and disingenuous remarks. That from a company that refuses to even offer as an option or standard Corel's WP Suite, and refuses to even offer as an option or standard Netscape's browser, when in fact we find today that Microsoft does not restrict them from doing so. Quantex Microsystems offers Corel WP Suite on both their laptop line and on a multimedia desktop line. HP preinstalls Netscape Navigator as the default browser on some models, as also does I believe Packard Bell.
But Gateway offers nothing but Microsoft, then says, ''We don't have a choice,'' an executive of Gateway 2000 Inc. (GTW - news) told the government.
Now I acknowledge that this exec was referring to the choice of uninstalling IE. But I don't believe it's the right of the vendor to exclude things that Microsoft wants included. Gateway is a hypocritical company which has done nothing except help Microsoft, by exclusively selling only Microsoft products, at the expense of Microsoft's competitors. |
