• toddestan@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Any new computer sold that has a copy of Windows preinstalled means Microsoft is getting a cut.

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      3 months ago

      Obviously, but we’re talking about a really, really small subset of users that probably would earn Microsoft less than a week of coffee in their corporate office.

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      3 months ago

      Are they still doing that thing where OEMs pay licenses based on units sold regardless of OS? So even if you want Linux, they still have to pay for windows?