[Am-info] Gateway Official Hits Microsoft Licensing In Testimony

[Erick Andrews]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:24:36 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:

>And according to the Yahoo story,
>
>"Gateway also faulted another provision of the new licensing agreement, 
>which requires PC makers to pay a Windows royalty on every PC shipped, 
>even if it didn't include Windows. To top it off, to qualify for market 
>development funds, PC makers have to put a Microsoft OS on every PC. As a 
>result, trying to sell non-Windows PCs, or even PCs without software, is a 
>financial loser for computer makers."
>
>My eyes practically fell out of my head when I read this. Wasn't this 
>tactic expressly  prohibited by the 1995 consent decree?
>
>On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 03:34 PM, madodel@ptdprolog.net wrote:
[...]

I don't recall the exact wording in the consent decree, but I'm sure MS
put words at the end of it that in effect stated 'as long as this doesn't prevent
us from innovating'.

-- 
Erick Andrews