Just how cheap is an OEM license for Windows 8.1 with Bing?

20 Jan
2015
20 Jan
'15
6:41 p.m.
This disclosure is interesting: <http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-much-does-microsoft-make-from-pc-makers-with-windows-8-1/> I commented on this article: What is a "configuration discount"? Is it just some fig leaf to claim that this isn't free? If I were DoJ's anti-trust folks, I'd be very interested. Microsoft is giving OEMs Win8.1bing while trying to charge those that use Android.

20 Jan
20 Jan
6:47 p.m.
On 01/20/2015 01:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
Is it just some fig leaf to claim that this isn't free?
Then again, considering how poorly W8 and Windows devices in generally are doing, perhaps they're charging what it's worth, though even "free" is too expensive in my opinion.
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