Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let’s see what MS has to say about that. Although they won’t say anything officially, of course. But they’ll certainly try to prevent this sort of thing from catching on from behind the scenes.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let’s see what MS has to say about that. Although they won’t say anything officially, of course. But they’ll certainly try to prevent this sort of thing from catching on from behind the scenes.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back in Balmers days there would have been a mysterous briefcase men suggesting adjusted prices for all future MS involvement.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And you really believe they’re not doing that any more?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Probably, but back then they were really aggressive and even went after some small school in ass end of the world, because local newspapers had informed that the school was planning to swap computer lab devices to use various open source operating systems.
In went the MS briefcase man and the plans were scrapped in silence.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re less open about it but you can bet they’re still at it. Any OEM that sells anything but Windows will be penalised in licensing deals.