[Office-commits] r9727 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles

[sysadmin]

Author: www-data
Date: Fri Sep 25 16:38:08 2009
New Revision: 9727

Log:
web commit by mattl

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/monopoly.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/monopoly.mdwn
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--- trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/monopoly.mdwn Fri Sep 25 16:11:27 
2009        (r9726)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/articles/monopoly.mdwn Fri Sep 25 16:38:08 
2009        (r9727)
@@ -6,18 +6,20 @@
 >standard user-experience, causing people to require new computers to
 >run the updated OS.
 
+---
+
 Early versions of Windows 3.1, relying on an underlying version of the
-DOS operating system would throw an error if non-Microsoft DOS, such
+DOS operating system <a 
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/11/05/how_ms_played_the_incompatibility/";>would
 throw an error</a> if non-Microsoft DOS, such
 as Digital Research's DR-DOS, were detected. At one point, Microsoft
 CEO Bill Gates, in an internal memo said "You never sent me a response
 on the question of what things an app would do that would make it run
-with MSDOS and not run with DR-DOS. Is there [sic] feature they have
+with MS-DOS and not run with DR-DOS. Is there [sic] feature they have
 that might get in our way?" with Microsoft Senior Vice President Brad
 Silverberg later sent another memo, stating: "What the [user] is
 supposed to do is feel uncomfortable, and when he has bugs, suspect
 that the problem is DR-DOS and then go out to buy MS-DOS."
 
-More recently, news came that Amazon.co.uk is starting to make Windows refunds 
quick and easy for GNU/Linux users buying netbook computers. Whether this will 
become a growing trend, who knows?
+More recently, news came that Amazon.co.uk is starting to make <a 
href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/07/23/1855211";>Windows refunds 
quick and easy</a> for GNU/Linux users buying netbook computers. Whether this 
will become a growing trend, who knows?
 
 Worse, most PC manufacturers still do not offer you the opportunity to
 buy a machine without Windows.