Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!zeus!s64421 From: s64421@zeus.usq.EDU.AU (house ron) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Dear Bill Gates, ... Message-ID: Date: 28 Jun 91 12:25:33 GMT Lines: 28 Dear Bill Gates, I am writing this open letter to you in this forum because I feel the issue should be open to all who wish to comment. Let's pose a hypothetical situation: I have just bought a 2nd hand PC. It is a 'no-name' el cheapo, and I got it from a bloke whose honesty I wouldn't vouch for. It is loaded with DOS. Being an honest chap, I immediately reformat the disk to eliminate the bootleg DOS, & I pop round to my local computer store to pay my cold hard cash for a legit. copy. No Dice. I can get the upgrade, but that looks for an existing DOS & refuses to install. The bloke at the store tells me that YOU Mr Gates forbid him from selling me a bona fide full copy of DOS. YOU won't sell it to me either. I have two options: (a) Chuck away my computer. (b) Pirate a DOS from somewhere. Which do you suggest? -- Regards, Ron House. (s64421@zeus.usq.edu.au) (By post: Info Tech, U.C.S.Q. Toowoomba. Australia. 4350)