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To: Dan3 who wrote (91951)	11/9/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT RE: "There were reports at the time that Microsoft's licensing prohibited a holder of Windows OEM license from selling an X86 machine w/o windows. At this point, who knows?" Dan Dan, the license prohibited a holder of Win OEM license from selling a large % of X86s w/o ANY operating system in order to combat piracy. i.e. they could bundle ANY OS. From Finding of Facts: "Microsoft charges a lower price to OEMs who agree to ship all but a minute fraction of their machines with an operating system pre-installed [i.e. ANY OS]...this helps combat piracy...Naturally, it is hard to sell a pirated copy of Windows to a consumer who has already received a legal copy" (You might be referring to the Frontline Agreement 1994 IBM/MS, which IBM rejected, for an $8/copy ($40-48m) Win95 advertising discount per FOF.) Amy J