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by conception 5y ago
BeOS has entered the chat.
- dkdbejwi383 5y agoCould you expand on this for someone unfamiliar with the reference you're making?
- marcosdumay 5y agoBasically, MS offered discounts for anybody that wouldn't sell alternative OSes too. That includes OS2 (well I imagine it as aimed at it, and Be was unintentional), that IBM developed in a partnership with MS. After they settled that case, they stopped offering discount, instead they just billed Windows copies by computer sold, independently of the OS.