[olug] Why I won't buy HTC Devices

[George De Bruin]

I remember hearing that too...  Never bought an Ubuntu machine from Dell. :)
 Not that I would have - Dell's overpriced for the quality, IMO.

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>wrote:

> that was a complaint with the dell ubuntu computers too - dell's oem
> agreement specifies that MS gets a license payment for any unit shipped,
> even on the ubuntu or freedos installed computers (or at least that's what I
> remember)
>
>
> -barry
>
>
>
> On 5/27/2011 11:34 AM, aric at omahax.com wrote:
>
>> I'm on my 5th HTC Phone.  I have used them since the XV6600 (HTC Harrier).
>>  They make good hardware.  I am not going to make a decision on what
>> foreign company's phone to buy simply because our government grants
>> Microsoft stupid patents.  It might have been the best business decision
>> at the time, is Microsoft paying them to put crappy 7 on a phone?
>>
>>
>>  http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/27/ms_royalty_deal_htc_android/
>>>
>>> <http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/27/ms_royalty_deal_htc_android/>"Buy
>>> an
>>> HTC smartphone and $5 of what you spent on it goes to Microsoft - even if
>>> you've just bought an Android device."
>>>
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