Howdy, There is a better explanation. Dell won't answer the question, but I have seen other analysts say that Dell pays Microsoft a license fee for every one of the Linux machines sold. Their agreement is that they pay the license fee for every computer shipped. I have seen similar reports from other computer vendors. They say the license fee that Microsoft gets is ridiculous unless the vendor agrees to pay it for every machine shipped. One vendor that only sells Linux laptops told a member of a local computer group that he even pays the license fee to Microsoft. He said he could not get computers until he agreed to do that. Good day, Ralph
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 03:43 -0600, lampbay wrote: > > > The competition is actually a weird combination of hardware and OS. > I love the fact that Dell's Linux packages are the same price as their > Windows packages. .. > Because the major cost is in the hardware not the OEM OS installed. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
