On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Ralph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
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