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To: Tribune7
Makes sense to me. Dell makes no money off the OS.

Actually they do, which is why nobody sells Linux preinstalled on home desktops. Microsoft provides a portion of the O/S dollars back to the OEM vendors who then in turn use that money to help pay for customer support.

19 posted on 03/14/2007 10:32:16 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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77 posted on 03/16/2007 12:15:19 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (Boldly Going Nowhere...)
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