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A comment on The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf] by dotancohen on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:11AM (#19421696)
In the context of the GP's post, that is free. The user did not have to outlay any more money to acquire it.
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Re:The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf] by nickpsecurity on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:33PM (#19424354)
It wasn't free: the user was forced to pay for it built-in to cost of the machine even if they intended to use a different OS. That's much worse than free.
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