> I don't know why the alternative isn't "ship with empty disk" though You can't ship a "computer" which doesn't do anything when you turn it on. FreeDOS has j

> I don't know why the alternative isn't "ship with empty disk" though You can't ship a "computer" which doesn't do anything when you turn it on. FreeDOS has just enough basic capability that HP can say "yeah this is a functional computer out of the box" while having so little capability that its installation implies a wink-wink understanding that the customer will install his own OS that he'll take responsibility for.