"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Eric" wrote in message
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OEM price discount is a gift from MS to hardware vendors who go through
the trouble of installing the MS OS on their hardware for sale as a
package deal to have systems that users can take out of a box, plug in,
turn on, and start using.

BWAHAHAHAHA! You realy have got MS right up your backside, haven't you!
OEM price discount is NOT a "gift" it was a very effective method of
ensuring that OEMs did NOT sell any machines with either no OS or a
non-windows OS! Why do you think that up until recently it was impossible
to buy a machine from an OEM with no OS on it at all? Surely THAT wouldn't
hurt MS, now would it?

Eh? What planet are you on? It's been very possible for many years now to
buy a PC with no OS. It is just cheaper to buy a PC with an OEM Windows
version installed than to buy a PC with no OS and a regular Windows version.
It is still cheaper to use Linux, but most people don't know how to install
Linux and set it up or don't want to bother.