[ubuntu-uk] Windows makes PCs cheaper to buy! ... we need to respond [Dell crapware]

[Sean Miller]

Mark Harrison wrote:
> Yup - boys and girls - it's unpalatable but it needs addressing.
>
> Manufacturers like Dell now receive as much money in subsidies and fees 
> from companies like AOL and McAfee for installing crapware on your new 
> Vista machine as they have to pay to Microsoft for the Vista licence.
>
> I think we ought to be making a far bigger play of the whole "Crapware" 
> thing, which has done a great job of introducing hidden costs to running 
> Windows:
>
> - Did you know...

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Beautifully written!

Sean