Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Sep 2007 17:31 UTC, submitted by twickline
"Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market." This is the conclusion of the Globalisation Instute, a think tank located in Brussels. Please note this is not a(n) (official) statement from the European Commission.
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You said it all right there. Because the licensing is so cheap it makes sense that a new one has to be bought each time a new pc is bought. Is the consumer really losing something if they buy a new pc with a windows license (tied to that pc) for cheaper than you could build one separately? How is the consumer losing out on this deal? I don't get it. This is a strong statement in favor of economies of scale doing it's thing and the consumer getting a great deal.
they're losing out because they're giving more money and power to a company bent on maintaining an unfair and illegal monopoly. duh.
the economies of scale would be even better without the added 'windows tax'.
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2005-11-16
"RE: I disagree
By niemau on 2007-09-24 20:30:39 UTC in reply to ""
It's bad enough that MS's EULA / bundling practices pretty much force customers to buy a new copy of windows each time they purchase new hardware. however, it's absolutely unforgivable that customers that don't even use windows in the first place are required to buy a useless windows license each time they purchase new hardware.
one can argue that there are third-parties like system76, etc. but, it's pretty disheartening that it's usually still cheaper to buy the HP machine with windows than to buy an equally spec'd machine from a small white-box OEM. "
You said it all right there. Because the licensing is so cheap it makes sense that a new one has to be bought each time a new pc is bought. Is the consumer really losing something if they buy a new pc with a windows license (tied to that pc) for cheaper than you could build one separately? How is the consumer losing out on this deal? I don't get it. This is a strong statement in favor of economies of scale doing it's thing and the consumer getting a great deal.