People who willingly paid the prices Microsoft asked for their goods because those individuals decided that it was in their self-interest to do so. http://en.w

People who willingly paid the prices Microsoft asked for their goods because those individuals decided that it was in their self-interest to do so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows "The Findings of Fact in the United States Microsoft antitrust case of 1998 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."[5]"