Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Spectre
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 17:11:46

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Spectre to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Apr 26 2022 08:32 am

 Sp> I'm not sure now off hand how it worked, but there was a time M$ got a
 Sp> license fee for every PC going. After this ran for some time, and people
 Sp> were starting to use Linux as an alternative, there was a bit of a to do,
 Sp> and a court case I think that stopped that and if you didn't want Windows
 Sp> you'd get a "refund" on that license.

That sounds vaguely familiar.
I've also heard that Microsoft strong-armed many PC OEMs into a deal where the OEM would have to buy a Windows license for every PC they sold, even if they didn't install Windows on it.  I'm not sure if that's still true or not..  I feel like those kinds of deals are anti-competitive, since OEMs would probably decide to only install Windows on their PCs at that point.

Nightfox
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