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But all that is still small change compared to the deals forcing OEMs to bundle a license for Windows with every PC sold.
by ubermonkey 4y ago
But all that is still small change compared to the deals forcing OEMs to bundle a license for Windows with every PC sold.
- trelane 4y agoOther than Office, sure? (Office is has long been one of their main cash cows. Is part of why they wanted to keep it on Mac, which is pointedly not Windows). It's also irrelevant. The point was that they used the pricing of Windows (which the OEMs) and withholding information about Windows to force OEMs to bundle Office/Works instead of competitors. That they did it is clear. Whether they did it for simple profit (Office/Works) or to further enhance the moat around Windows (Java, QuickTime). They did it using Windows as both carrot and stick, to gain compliance. Because OEMs had no other choice.