faq  flatforty  contribute  subscribe  configure  search  rdf  main  parent  thread	Re: Distribution in Europe... by Alex Fernandez on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @03:57 Why not? A lot of white-box manufacturers sell systems without OS. Does HP have a different regime, or are those manufacturers doing something illegal?	Related Links  ·   Articles on Community and Events  ·   Also by Alex Fernandez  ·   Contact author Thread Threshold: 10 comments 20 comments 30 comments 40 comments 50 comments 60 comments 70 comments 80 comments 90 comments 100 comments 110 comments 120 comments 130 comments 140 comments 150 comments 160 comments 170 comments 180 comments 190 comments 200 comments 300 comments 400 comments 500 comments 1000 comments
	The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply ) Re: Distribution in Europe... by Thomas Schneller on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @04:13 I am not familiar with the details. Usualy developers don't deal with this kind of stuff. But other manufacturers might not have this requirement. [ Reply To This | View ] Re: Distribution in Europe... by Nicolas Goutte on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @13:27 Big selling manufacturers have contracts for the OS. So they get the licenses for much less than retail price but they have to sell it with every new computer. (Some find that they can afford the way of having another product number for the OS-less model and that they consider that it is not against their contracts.) Small seller (for example single shops or small groups of shops) do not have any license contract and they (and their clients) pay the full price of a license. But that allows them to sell the computer without any OS or directly with a Linux. (The same applies for the computer's CPU.) Have a nice day! [ Reply To This | View ] Re: Distribution in Europe... by Nicolas Goutte on Friday 10/Sep/2004, @13:33 To be more precise: as the contracts are secret, it is well possible that one manufacturer having a contract can do it and the other one cannot. [ Reply To This | View ]   The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them. ( Reply )

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