"Microsoft is giving TigerDirect unheard of discounts on Microsoft
software, allowing them to sell Microsoft Windows XP for just $50 to all
of their customers who have purchased LindowsOS computers. TigerDirect
is paying less for some copies of Microsoft Windows XP than even the
largest Microsoft customers like Dell. Besides radically discounting
their software, Microsoft is agreeing to spend a lot of marketing
dollars to advertise their products through TigerDirect and more
specifically to past LindowsOS computer buyers. Additionally, Microsoft
is paying TigerDirect to collect market research on LindowsOS computer
purchasers, to figure out other ways to counter this threat to their
monopoly..."

Follow the link to the column by the Lindows founder.
http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1055186096.html

Todd

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