On 30/11/2013 12:37, William Sommerwerck wrote:
PC makers include Windows because Microsoft used monopolistic
methods to crush any competition.

This was true in the days of MS-DOS, when Microsoft obliged computer
makers to put DOS on all their machines, if they wanted a license.
Microsoft took a lot of flak for that, and it eventually ended. I don't
believe it occurs with Windows.

From what I've read elsewhere, they no longer force Windows on
manufacturers officially, but if they don't buy licences for each
machine they build, then they are put on a much less favourable tariff
than if they do.

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Tciao for Now!

John.