Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Apr 2006 19:00 UTC
Microsoft has urged UK PC vendors not to give customers the opportunity to buy a PC without a pre-installed operating system. Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity, according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy. Writing in Microsoft's Partner Update magazine, which is distributed to computer dealers, Alexander estimated that 5 percent of computers sold in the UK in 2006 would not include an operating system.
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2005-10-12
Must be contrary to the linked sales laws in the EC. You can't do this sort of thing. You can urge your reps to sell more OS, and to not sell a system without one, and you can point out that its a missed sale.
What you cannot do is exert any more pressure than that, either on your reps or the customer. Fine line this. Not the sort of thing you want to screw around with while cases are pending before the Commission.