• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    Well, they won’t be able to sell as many new computers if they let people keep using their old ones.

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      4 months ago

      Microsoft still makes money off the OEM licenses AFAIK. The Linux community had a whole day about this back in the 90s.

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          4 months ago

          I know, just clarifying that their main business isn’t selling hardware.

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              4 months ago

              The comment was about selling new computers and not using old ones. They want to sell more software, they aren’t hardware focused.

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                4 months ago

                And that comment was 100% correct. They want more computers sold, because more computers sold means more Windows licences sold.

                You’re acting like PC hardware sales are unrelated to Windows license sales. They’re directly related.

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                  4 months ago

                  Here’s the quote:

                  they won’t be able to sell as many new computers

                  Their sales of hardware are insignificant.