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Yes, they work very hard to ensure that there are no large numbers of computers sold in Target or Wal-Mart with pirated copies of Windows or Office installed.

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.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Jan 30th, 2009 at 01:05:50 PM EST
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You mean that people actually buy ODM'ed machines? I thought that "factory installed OS" was very high up on the Go Somewhere Else checklist...

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat Jan 31st, 2009 at 02:45:40 PM EST
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