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   Yes, because it is good for customers.  Do that and you get more =
customers buying more product.

Rich

  "Geo"  wrote in message
news:428db969{at}w3.nls.net...
  Because it is good for customers? More like because it drives windows =
sales (what good is an OS that can only run MS software?)

  If MS was really doing it because it is good for customers, there =
would be a linux version of Office.

  Geo.
    "Rich"  wrote in message news:428d8235{at}w3.nls.net...
       There is an aftermarket but little supported by the manufacters.  =
My car manufacturer only wants me to buy parts they sell and service = from
them.  I can go elsewhere but not with their aid.  In contrast = Microsoft
encourages hardware and software manufactures to develop = products for
Windows even when this is in competition to products = Microsoft offers. 
Why?  Because it is good for the customers.  It is = easy to build on
Windows and with Windows.  Why do you think there is = such a large market
for Windows and products for Windows?

    Rich

      "Geo"  wrote in message =
news:428b1443$1{at}w3.nls.net...
      Oh right, you are stuck running goodyear tires and OEM brakepads =
and there is no such thing as an aftermarket windshield.=20

      My point remains, when I go and download sygate I get the current =
version, when I download AVG I get the current version (perhaps not the =
current definitions but the software is at least the latest build), etc. =
Even if you do find some software where the initial download isn't =
current and requires a patch, it doesn't require that you patch it twice =
just to get up to date.

      Geo.
        "Rich"  wrote in message news:428ab5cb{at}w3.nls.net...
           Nice spin.  Maybe you should use cars as an example again and =
how the car manufactures do little so support a third party after = market.
 Which do you think is more customer oriented now?

        Rich

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   Yes,
because it is good =
for=20
customers.  Do that and you get more customers buying more=20
product.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo" <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:428db969{at}w3.nls.net...
  Because it is good for customers? =
More like=20
  because it drives windows sales (what good is an OS that can only run =
MS=20
  software?)
   
  If MS was really doing it because it =
is good for=20
  customers, there would be a linux version of Office.
   
  Geo.
  

    "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:428d8235{at}w3.nls.net...
       There is an =
aftermarket but little=20
    supported by the manufacters.  My car manufacturer only wants =
me to buy=20
    parts they sell and service from them.  I can go elsewhere but =
not with=20
    their aid.  In contrast Microsoft encourages hardware and =
software=20
    manufactures to develop products for Windows even when this is in=20
    competition to products Microsoft offers.  Why?  Because =
it is=20
    good for the customers.  It is easy to build on Windows and =
with=20
    Windows.  Why do you think there is such a large market for =
Windows and=20
    products for Windows?
     
    Rich
     
    

      "Geo" <georger{at}nls.net>=20">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>=20
      wrote in message news:428b1443$1{at}w3.nls.net...
      Oh right, you are stuck running =
goodyear=20
      tires and OEM brakepads and there is no such thing as an =
aftermarket=20
      windshield. 
       
      My point remains, when I go and =
download=20
      sygate I get the current version, when I download AVG I get the =
current=20
      version (perhaps not the current definitions but the software is =
at least=20
      the latest build), etc. Even if you do find some =
software where the=20
      initial download isn't current and requires a patch, it =
doesn't=20
      require that you patch it twice just to get up to =
date.
       
      Geo.
      

        "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:428ab5cb{at}w3.nls.net...
          
Nice spin.  =
Maybe you=20
        should use cars as an example again and how the car manufactures =
do=20
        little so support a third party after market.  Which do you =
think=20
        is more customer oriented now?
        Rich
        =
 

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