> because they’re pirating Windows With you so far... > because they’re using an OEM license ... which they paid for. If MS is undercharging for those OEM l

> because they’re pirating Windows With you so far... > because they’re using an OEM license ... which they paid for. If MS is undercharging for those OEM licenses (that is, sum of R&D costs/ongoing maintenance costs is lower than sum of sale prices), that doesn't mean the OEM (by extension, the user) didn't pay for it.