Microsoft boasts that 96% of netbooks now run Windows

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Alby_da_Wolf said:

ramses01 said:

NinjaKido said:

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Shouldn't that be considered a violation of anti trust law if it already isn't ?

There is nothing anti-trust about that.  It is simple customer segmentation, a basic marketing strategy.   

If it was MS to sell PC's segmenting OS according to these criteria, it would be normal, but MS doesn't sell PC's, it's imposing these criteria to PC producers it sells its OS to. This at least raises some doubts, it's like if I sold to a retailer basic nylon and luxury silk umbrellas and forced him to sell the basic ones only to people short, with a leg missing and poor clothes.

 

This. And the only reason the OEMs agree is Microsoft's dominant position in the PC market.