> HP could just have offered an OSless option, but no. At HP-scale, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the money for a Windows license does go to HP. I expect

> HP could just have offered an OSless option, but no. At HP-scale, I wouldn't be surprised if most of the money for a Windows license does go to HP. I expect the major vendors, today, have fairly equal bargaining power with MS over unit license costs, in the volumes they're buying.