See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows and https://www.cnet.com/news/micr

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows and https://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-1994-consent-decree-boon-or-bust/ https://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-1994-consent-decree-boo... Till 1994, Microsoft charged OEMs based on the total number of computers they sold, not based on how many of them had Windows. Now, whether Linux's low desktop market share in 2019 is because of a practice that happened from 1983-1994 is a different question.