EU law and Dell Linux support

Posted by sengan on Friday July 31, 1998 @07:27PM from the while-on-the-other-side-of-the-proverbial-pond dept.

Something many people do not know is that European law prohibits tying products together. This makes it illegal for a vendor to refuse to sell you a PC without a Microsoft OS... This law exists to prevent anyone from leveraging their monopoly to enter a new market. (That's why a lot of US companies should seriously consider suing in Europe. They're more likely to win there). Perhaps in a related move, Dell is considering making Linux an officially supported OS in Europe. They appear happy with Linux's community support.

(The SCO Unix link in the original article has moved... but you can see it on this page instead).

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