Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating systems

Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by raesene9 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:04PM (#12551737)

A low level rep. from a company is very unlikely to be party to something considered "secret" at a corporate level. So given that it wasn't a stated policy, that side of the story just didn't seem likely.

Indeed you can't install linux on that machine, but that's a technical problem and a deficiency in Lenovo's setup, just not a conspiracy by Microsoft.

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Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by johnward on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:26PM (#12551894)

and those low level employees at Wells Fargo committed fraud on their own without any direction from management.

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Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by kbody on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:32PM (#12551945)

A circle is a shape. A square is a shape. Thus a circle is a square. This is the logic you applied.

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Re:Microsoft aren't forcing Lenovo to block free operating s... by raesene9 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:32PM (#12551949)

that's a non-sequiteur, in the case of wells fargo the fact of the secret conspiracies absolutely leaked, just like I'm suggesting it would if Lenovo and MS had some pact.

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