on Jan 27 2007 15:00 Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> So far, the major OEM companies have not chosen
> to price differentiate Linux and Windows,
'Microsoft Corporation forces contracted Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs), who receive significantly lower prices on
Microsoft's Windows operating system, not to install [kuro5hin.org] any
operating system besides Microsoft Windows'
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
> where Linux is even offered and that choice is nothing that
> Microsoft needs to deal with, so no hype is necessary.
Since Linux can only be ordered separately on a hidden web page no FUD
is deemed necessary. Why Dell has to hide this fact and only sell them
in China is curious indeed.
"Dell's secret Linux fling"
'Microsoft's OEM enforcer Joachim Kempin had promised Steve Ballmer
that he'd be putting the screws on PC builders, or "hitting the OEMs
harder" in his words'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
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