from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Licensing_agreements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Licensin... The Findings of F

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Licensing_agreements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Licensin... The Findings of Fact in the United States Microsoft antitrust case established that "One of the ways Microsoft combats piracy is by advising OEMs that they will be charged a higher price for Windows unless they drastically limit the number of PCs that they sell without an operating system pre-installed. In 1998, all major OEMs agreed to this restriction."[30] This has been called the "Windows tax" or "Microsoft tax".[31][32]