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To: PJ Strifas who wrote (44051)	5/1/2000 12:02:00 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) of 74651

There are problems associated with your line of reasoning. The OEMs ship Microsoft OS along with Linux many times not because Microsoft charges them, but because that way the OEM doesn't have to test the Linux OS working well with their machines that much. They can always tell the customer to use Windows if Linux fails to work properly. The other factor is that since most machines shipped by OEMs sell with Windows, it is easier accounting for both Microsoft and the OEM to just charge per-machine license fee. Otherwise, Microsoft will need to keep tabs on the actual shipments, something the OEMs probably are not willing to let Microsoft do. Having said that, it is reasonable for the Gov to require that Microsoft gets paid for what is shipped and only for what is shipped.

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