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Apple deferred nearly a billion dollars in revenue due to the switch to free software. http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/28/apple-says-future-versions-of-os-x-will-

by than 13y ago

Apple deferred nearly a billion dollars in revenue due to the switch to free software. http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/28/apple-says-future-versions-of-os-x-will-be-free-notes-900m-increase-in-costs-from-free-software/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/28/apple-says-future-versions-...

eltondegeneres 13y ago
For a moment there I thought Apple was switching to FSF-endorsed free software and I was very confused. The cost of OS X is built into the hardware so it's not like future versions will be free as in freedom or free of cost.
- than 13y ago
  Right. Free as in free-with-purchase.
  - MaysonL 13y ago
    Or free as in free OS X upgrade for anybody who bought a Mac in the last few years...
MaysonL 13y ago
And next quarter will defer almost a billion more than they did last year.
dingaling 13y ago
I know that accounting types like to use 'deferred', but to be clear Apple abandoned profit from software. They did not defer it to a later date, they recategorised software development as a cost center.