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I'm sceptical

Posted Sep 15, 2008 17:08 UTC (Mon) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953)
In reply to: I'm sceptical by epa
Parent article: End Runs Around Vista (BusinessWeek)

Lower OEM prices really aren't an option. One thing the DOJ settlement did was make it so Microsoft had to charge all OEMs the same price. As a result all the Tier 1 OEM's pay the same price for windows now. For HP to be successful they would have to lower the price for their competitors to.

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I'm sceptical

Posted Sep 15, 2008 18:13 UTC (Mon) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link]

Since the article state they worry about competition from Apple, that's not a consideration for them.