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If Microsoft were paying people to take its product then it wouldn't have a business model :) What causes you to think that they pay other people to distribute
by cturner 19y ago
If Microsoft were paying people to take its product then it wouldn't have a business model :) What causes you to think that they pay other people to distribute it?
- Tichy 19y agoThey sell lots of other stuff, for example Office. I think if Microsoft were not paying the vendors, more vendors would offer PCs with Linux or without any OS at all. Weren't the first Linux PCs by Dell even more expensive than the Windows variants (I am not sure if I remember correctly)?
- cturner 19y agoI think if Microsoft were not paying the vendors, more vendors would offer PCs with Linux or without any OS at all. They're totally not paying the vendors to install Windows. The reasons the vendors don't offer linux is because in the past when they've done it they've done a really half-assed job of it, and as a result sales have been bad, and they've been burnt. Weren't the first Linux PCs by Dell even more expensive than the Windows variants (I am not sure if I remember correctly)? I remember that. This is all speculation: perhaps their OEM agreement with Microsoft said that they had to pay costs for Windows for each machine they shipped (regardless of whether it had Windows or not), OR maybe they paid RedHat a per-license deal for the linux and the margin on redhat installs was greater.