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Yep. OEMs were not allowed to sell dual-boot systems if they wanted to keep buying cheap MS licenses. I think they lost that lawsuit, but it was long after BeOS
by djsumdog 7y ago
Yep. OEMs were not allowed to sell dual-boot systems if they wanted to keep buying cheap MS licenses. I think they lost that lawsuit, but it was long after BeOS closed up their commercial operations.
- GeekyBear 7y agoDidn't Be publicly offer up a free Be OS license to the first OEM willing to ship a duel boot system? When there were no takers for a free way to have your hardware stand out from the pack, it was hard to imagine a reason for every single OEM in a very crowded field to back away that didn't involve antitrust shenanigans.
- hinkley 7y agoNow that you mention it, I recall this as well.