> what they were failing at was attracting hardware companies to ship pre-installed systems. Microsoft told hardware manufacturers that if they ship machines w

> what they were failing at was attracting hardware companies to ship pre-installed systems. Microsoft told hardware manufacturers that if they ship machines with BeOS they would charge them more for Windows licenses. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045719/http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045719/http://www.intern...