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

[Felmon Davis]

On Tuesday 26 March 2002 11:38 am, Joe Moore wrote:

>
> I wonder what would happen if the OEM really looked at the cost of
> alternative OS support vs. the cost of supporting Windows.  What do
> you think the service surcharge would be for a Microsoft OS?
>
> --Joe

I don't know it for a fact but isn't it a pretty safe assumption that 
MS could undersell any competitor in this contest? Most hardware is 
made with Windows in mind so a Windows install is likely (not always, 
as I know from person experience) to be relatively easy and 
relatively cheap. 

F.