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To: HerbVic who wrote (9896)	3/23/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: Russ	Read Replies (2) of 213173

They can't! It would cost them too much to offer OS options on new machines, because Microsoft contracts with them on the number of boxes manufactured, not Windows installed. They would still be paying Microsoft for the units containing other OS's. The consent decree outlawed that. M$ can no longer do that, and there isn't a chance of them being able to obfuscate it in the court - there'd be a summary judgment against them if they tried. However, I don't know what the new contract looks like. I've heard rumors that the new contract sets the price of Windows on the % of machines its installed on, and any number < 100% the price jumps, but I don't think DOJ would have let that fly. -Russ

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