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This is one business decision I fail to fully comprehend. First of all, the number of people interested in dual-boot or otherwise are likely to be small. But e
by rizzom5000 14y ago
This is one business decision I fail to fully comprehend.
First of all, the number of people interested in dual-boot or otherwise are likely to be small. But even so, why drive away potential customers and business? If the hardware is what people want, isn't it your goal, as a business, to give them the hardware; and to give your shareholders the profits from the sale of said hardware?
I don't see the win in a decision like this. It's a lose lose situation that could be a win win.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoBecause they're subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the intention of creating lifetime or long term Windows users.
- forgottenpaswrd 14y ago"I don't see the win in a decision like this. It's a lose lose situation that could be a win win." Well, they want the alternatives to their product to be difficult to install so people remain in the Windows world or MS ecosystem. When there is no alternative, there is a monopoly and you could raise your profits as much as you want, they will pay, econ 101. Microsoft had been reaping a 90% and 95% margin from their Windows and MS Office products just because of their monopoly, and +30% in their global business(after spending billions on "me too" projects like bing, zune, winmo, lumia or xbox, witch lost billions before getting profitable).