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So a person buying a Windows license is indirectly paying for my Linux usage? Interesting!
by sterex 10y ago
So a person buying a Windows license is indirectly paying for my Linux usage? Interesting!
- chipperyman573 10y agoMicrosoft has $85B of revenue[0] and joining as a platinum member costs $500k. Even if Windows licences are the only ways Microsoft makes money (they're not, by a longshot), every copy would only account for 0.000008% of the donation. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q4/press-release-webcast https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2016-Q4...
- sterex 10y agoRight. But you know, it's a nice feeling. Even if it brings 0.000008% of joy. :)