One of the conditions imposed by the US Justice Department in the anti-trust settlement was that Microsoft was prevented from doing separate deals with all the

One of the conditions imposed by the US Justice Department in the anti-trust settlement was that Microsoft was prevented from doing separate deals with all the main manufacturers. That was probably in place for a dozen years. Did you see what a difference it made? You didn't, so I'll tell you: it pushed up the average price of Windows and made Microsoft more profitable.