An OEM would not ever in today's market place wish to sell a PC not loaded
with Windows. And yes of course Microsoft charges a license fee. What
business would not? BBX doesn't charge if Ensemble is loaded???

"Hans Lindgren" wrote in message
news:NewsReader.1.0.200362640321321872@news1.telia .com...
> Actually, you are wrong here, Microsoft puts pressure on OEMs, they want
> statistics of every PC sold, including those without OS or a competetive
> OS installed. If you will not provide such statistics, you are down and
out
> as a Microsoft OEM. That's the fact. Previously they also claimed a
license
> fee of every PC sold, including the PCs with no OS and the competetive
OSes,
> too, but I don't know the present situation, but I will imagine it will be
> pretty much the same. Much wants more, as we say in Sweden...........
>
> BR,
> Hans
>
> Bob wrote:
> > One need not pressure them. OEM's LOVE the fact that consumers DEMAND
> > Windows on their PC's!
> >
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:3EF9D1C4.30703@prodigy.net...
> > > if msft software is so good, there is no need to pressure pc
> > > manufacturers to preload it on pcs because people will demand windows
> > > and buy it anyhow..
> > >
> > >
> > > what is microsoft so afraid of.. a buggy whip os like geos being
> > > installed on a computer?? Microsoft knows that geos is as useless
> as a
> > > buggy whip...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Microsoft, he said, puts enormous pressure on CPU manufactures to
> > > >> package Windows with their machines and to prevent them from either
> > > >> packaging no Operating System or a competing OS on their machines.
> > > >> "Several companies dared to put Linux on their boxes, but due to
> > > >> enormous pressure from Redmond, they quit doing so," he claimed.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >