Paid for applications?

[Michael Haney]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 9:08 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 10/11/2010 11:29 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> ...
>> 2007 was the year of Linux on the desktop: when it hit netbooks, thus
>> constituting actual competition for Microsoft, forcing MS to sell XP
>> for $5 a licence down to $0 a licence.
>
> 2007? Cite please for your "$5 a licence down to $0 a licence".
>

Actually, MS is making less than $15 from netbook sales with XP
preinstalled.  http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-7-starter-Netbooks-15,7573.html

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