They of course do not put a lot of effort into the dribs and drabs of end user cash flows, but for the main end user cash flow, the license payments for software installed on a new machine, they are quite vigilant. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
And on new PCs (especially for the mass market), they can and do.
If Linux really made inroads into the end user market, Microsoft would not balk one second as making its OS as free as it was in the 90's... Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Yes, if you buy your PC in the supermarket, it'll come with a paid copy of Windows
That's what I said. This is a discussion here between people who wouldn't buy a Dell or a supermarket PC, but that's no reason to ignore the mass market of those who do.
