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Yea, I went there...]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/ i.e. iClap]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
yoda - http://onioning.com/yoda]]>Sep 17th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Paul A. Chapel finally slept with his overlord. After a few weeks though, he figured out that he was given a gift, one that he cannot buy with all the money in the world.

And promptly and aptly changed his name :)]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Just had to get that out there.


]]>Sep 16th 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Or do they?]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/apple has sued them before, but unfortunately its gotten nowhere
apparently the company thought that its the same logic as
"honda telling you which road to drive their cars on"'

i think they were only required to pay about 5000 as of yet though,
but the case is resuming in January?]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 22nd 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
cheap ... cheap .. cheap...]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
"Legally" you're only supposed to install it on Macs, which on a baseline already includes a copy of OS X.]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.apple.com/macosx/

]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Apple still uses the honour system with their OS. You can actually buy the $29 version of Snow Leopard and install it on any Intel Mac you wish, regardless of the OS that is on there. You can even install it on a blank HDD on any Intel Mac and even keep installing it on as many Macs as you wish as the OS doesn’t have a serial key and doesn’t call home to verify that your installation is legitimate. It’s actually quite user friendly in that sense, but despite being a Mac user this is not something that MS could possibly do. These are different business models and making direct comparisons like I’m seeing in these comment are fraught with fallacies.]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Therefore, I see no problem here.]]>Sep 16th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
But I still laughed :D]]>Sep 17th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Oh wait...]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
I don't really see 5% bringing in the kind of money it would take to make Microsoft what it is.

Then again I only buy a pc... once every 5 years?]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
Even at $50 a copy that is a huge steal considering this is software and that it runs on the vast majority of PCs. I’d say the actual average is lower than that, especially in countries like China where MS has fought to get their software dominant by selling it for cheap.]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/pricing.aspx). And learn to check the facts before replying like that.]]>Sep 16th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/
:o|]]>Sep 16th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/microsoft-says-oems-pay-about-50-for-windows-on-a-1-000-pc/Sep 16th 2009 11:33PM