Microsoft's first listed "Top Knowledgebase Article" on technet

[Entelin]

Yes it was however many companys are still afraid to test it out. Theres
more than one way Microsoft can skin a cat. (or in this case a computer
manufacturer)

On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 17:28, Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 15:40, Sundar wrote:
> > I thought you can buy Dell without M$. Two years back, I ordered one dual
> > processor server configuration with no software. For WinNT, they said that
> > they would charge $250.
> > 
> -----
> servers there is no dispute
> 
> On the desktop machines, it would appear (I checked only briefly) that
> there isn't any way to get them to sell without Windows.
> 
> As for the royalty paid to Microsoft on all machines regardless of
> whether there was Microsoft Windows OS on it or not, I believe that
> pricing incentive program was discontinued as part of the remedy for the
> anti-trust decision.
> 
> Craig
> 
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