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To: Bert Herman who wrote (41020)	4/4/2000 7:21:00 AM
From: robert read	Respond to of 74651

Exactly my point.

To: Bert Herman who wrote (41020)	4/4/2000 9:07:00 AM
From: SunSpot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

The main reason why I prefer Linux over Windows, is the lack of applications in Windows. A standard Windows cannot even make a zip file and has no advanced image manipulation utility. Even a spreadsheet you have to install afterwards. It's true that it would quite impossible for Microsoft to sell Windows without utilities that limit competition. That's why I say, that a split-off is a better choice than forcing Microsoft to compete with the Linux kernel, which would be the only real way to open up 100% the PC platform. By the way: Now that Sony Playstation, Apple Macintosh and IBM all deliver GNU software (Linux-software), when does Microsoft deliver Microsoft Linux? Before Microsoft Linux gets out, Microsoft is not competing on a free market. Microsoft is a company that will change fundamentally the next 5 years. And I don't believe Windows itself will stop being a key income for Microsoft. They simply cannot compete with a free OS, that compares with Windows 2K advanced server, and runs on 4MB RAM.