On 02/27/2012 11:39 AM, Tom wrote: > One of the other problems is that when they get discounted Windows they > are told the costs. Say a £200 piece of software getting installed for > just £35 sounds like they are getting a good bargain. When people say > this equivalent thing is free they can't cope and have to ask "What is > wrong with it that it's not being sold at a much higher cost? "
Sorry to reply to myself, but I left this out... Windows is less than free for most OEMs. The OEM cost is $35-$90, and the revenue from trial software preinstalled is $50-$150 or more. As a package like this, Windows is cheaper than Linux. This is not Microsoft being evil, this is product placement, and it is only going to grow in the future. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_placement In some case, the revenue from trialware is more than 75% of the margin of the entire computer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 Title: Microsoft has a majority market share To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
