[Nottingham] Share your operating system bundling tales with the EU

[David Rice]

On 21/04/2011 08:24, Simon Osborne wrote:
> Since computers with
> Windows installed are*subsidised*by Microsoft they are cheaper to buy
> than the same machine with Ubuntu or no OS installed. So to me it's
> perfectly logical to take advantage of Microsoft and buy the cheaper
> hardware and replace the OS with Linux.

Since when did MS pay distributors to provide Windows? How do they make 
their money by doing so?
The price of any machine with Windows must include something to cover 
the cost of the Windows license.
Machines without Windows are cheaper because the producers still pay MS 
a fee even though the machine does not have Windows (at least that 
appears to be the case for most producers.)
The producers then add the cost of installing any other OS, or they 
simply want discourage people from asking for Linux because they see 
potential support costs increasing. I don't know exactly why they do it, 
I do know it's not because MS subsidizes the machines that Windows 
machines are cheaper

Regards
David.
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