Subj : Re: Computers
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu May 08 2025 08:47:00

>  MP> That is one way MS Windows got to be so popular.  Most PC makers pretty
>  MP> much had to include it on their machines.

> I heard that Microsoft would charge PC makers a Windows license for each PC
> they sold, even if they installed a different OS on a PC.  Seems a bit sketchy
> to me..  But I've heard some people say that was volume licensing, which may b
> a somewhat different thing.

That is what I also heard.  I am pretty sure it was correct but, like you, I
am not sure if that was by volume or per individual PC.

I also always thought it sketchy but, if it was by volume, maybe less so.
I ordered a PC in 1991 and asked for it to be shipped without Windows 3.1.
The cost was the same.  ;)

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