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Check Dell's website firstCheck Dell's website firstPosted Oct 4, 2005 19:26 UTC (Tue) by kh (subscriber, #19413)In reply to: Check Dell's website first by JoeBuck Parent article: DELL NEWS: New Open-Source Ready Consumer Desktop
I thought the whole point of Microsoft's tax is that Dell get's charged for a Windows licence for each workstation they ship, whether it has Windows on it or not. So I guess the point is getting enough people to purchase the "not" category so that it makes sense for the company to drop their licensing deals with Microsoft and only pay for licenses that are actually used. (At which point the cost differentials will reverse.)
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Check Dell's website first Posted Oct 4, 2005 19:44 UTC (Tue) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link] They'd have to sell a very small portion of machines with Windows for them to save money by not having an OEM license, especially because Microsoft can arbitrarily set the balance of prices.
Check Dell's website first Posted Oct 4, 2005 21:01 UTC (Tue) by kh (subscriber, #19413) [Link] Q.E.D. Personally, I think this is why IBM is no longer selling Thinkpads.
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