__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Thursday 22 February 2007 13:31 \__
> on Feb 21 2007 20:57:13 -0500 amicus curiae, friend of the court :)
> fudded:
>
>>> "The Ghost In The Machine" wrote :
>
>>>> I get the distinct impression that they charge the Windows
>>>> tax whether or not you take Windows, though of course some
>>>> or all of the difference might be accounted for by the
>>>> "trial-ware" that they install.
>
>>> I thought that was deemed illegal way back when
>>> by since-somewhat-discredited Judge Jackson?
>
>> I don't remember Dell being in the dock at all ..
>
> That's because it was Microsoft being in the dock for leaning on the
> OEMs.
>
> 'In the latter half of the 1990s, IBM (along with Gateway) paid
> significantly more for Windows than other major OEMs (like Compaq, Dell,
> and Hewlett¡ Packard) that were more compliant with Microsoft''s wishes'
>
> http://news.com.com/Full+text+of+Judge+Jacksons+findings+of+fact+-+page+
> 27/2009-1001_3-232571-27.html
>
> '64. An aspect of Microsoft's pricing behavior that, while not tending
> to prove monopoly power, is consistent with it is the fact that the firm
> charges different OEMs different prices for Windows, depending on the
> degree to which the individual OEMs comply with Microsoft's wishes.
> Among the five largest OEMs, Gateway and IBM, which in various ways have
> resisted Microsoft's efforts'
>
> http://news.com.com/Excerpts+from+Judge+Jacksons+findings+of+fact+-
> +page+4/2009-1001_3-232568-4.html
http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/62731/Sue_Microsoft_and_get_out_of_the_Windows_Monopoly
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