Comment 378 for bug 1

I disagree with the premise of this bug. I've never bought a computer with a pre-installed OS. Systems without pre-installed software have been available since before 1987 when I bought my first x86 machine. Yeah, yeah, I know the Great and Powerful and Evil MS dominates the market and free software shoudl rule the day. But it doesn't. Not even close. Not even with all the magical strides touted here. Don't kid yourself. The market works. People "buy" what they want and they often prefer to "pay" for a product they want even when a product they don't want is free. Go figure. Stupid humans.