NinjaKido said:
Shouldn't that be considered a violation of anti trust law if it already isn't ? |
Yes, but what government would dare challenge one of their biggest sources of tax revenue? Microsoft already does it with normal PCs anyway:
Example: Microsoft offers Windows for $100. They also offer a volume license deal where you pay them $50 per PC sold reagrdless of whether it has Windows or not.
If the OEM declines the volume license, their Windows PCs cost $50 more than their competitors and they go out of business.
If the OEM accepts the deal, every time they sell a Linux PC they are paying $50 for Windows.
So the Linux PCs cost the same as (or because of economies of scale) more than the Windows PCs, despite Linux being free and Windows being $100 retail. It's a clever tactic on Microsoft's part.
