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> Microsoft got in trouble for forcing their hardware suppliers to only ship windows machines. Not accurate. They required their licensees to pay a license fee
by Maursault 4y ago
> Microsoft got in trouble for forcing their hardware suppliers to only ship windows machines.
Not accurate. They required their licensees to pay a license fee for every machine they sold, whether it was sold with Windows or another OS. This meant that any machine that didn't ship with Windows was burdened with two licensing fees, one to Microsoft and one to whatever other OS provider.
- Aperocky 4y agoInteresting, it should be easy enough to track the number of Windows OS being shipped so this is really just Microsoft strong arming the suppliers with monopolistic intent. And punished rightfully so.