dallas on 30 January 2013
A lot of analysts have said that MSFT is wanting Dell to be locked in for support of Windows 8, as opposed to delayed adoption of the newOS or even a competitor if and when google ever gets its act together to go after the PC operating system business.
This is the way that MSFT prefers to do business, to lock in support with money and whatnot, and it has worked out ok (but not great) for every venture that they have used this strategy with -- I.E. Facebook, Nokia, and all the rest of em
