Re: [cobalt-users] Restore CD

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> > IMHO
> > I built and sold systems for years and I never could get all that free
> > software, free 24/7 hour support and hardware into 1 box and make money.
> > personally I think dell and the like had agreements with microsoft that
> > helped both of them and screwed the small to medium companys.
>
> When I was running a small PC-manufacturing company building about 100
> systems a month we were members of the Microsoft System Builder program
> and got very good deals on software and Microsoft hardware.
>

I was and may still be an oem with them.  At least I can still get a cheap
nfr 1 time but they never provided any type of oem combo pack like they did
for the big guys.  As I recall they had a hard time getting new products
into distribution at the same time the big guys got them.

Zeffie