Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 13:46.
Somebody is paying for the copy of Windows that is supposedly bundled with the system, but who?
The deal is, all of the 3rd party app vendors pay Dell to put their time (or functionality) limited demo versions of crap on the PC along with Windows. Think, for example, of AV software.
When the box ships with Linux, they have no such "products" to include so there is no 3rd party subsidy.
The answer is quite simple actually...
Somebody is paying for the copy of Windows that is supposedly bundled with the system, but who?
The deal is, all of the 3rd party app vendors pay Dell to put their time (or functionality) limited demo versions of crap on the PC along with Windows. Think, for example, of AV software.
When the box ships with Linux, they have no such "products" to include so there is no 3rd party subsidy.