News Comment This is a comment on news story: Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft It's a reply to comment: Re: Buffalo, you are so wrong. Re: Buffalo, you are so wrong. by: Bob Robertson  No, Microsoft uses no force. What Microsoft does is leverage the razor-thin margins of the bulk PC OEMs, and the fact that most people expect a PC to have Windows on it when the price is quoted. So they negotiate sole-source contracts on the basis of offering Windows at exceptionally low prices. If all the kickbacks and promotional fees are factored in, it's very possible that the "Microsoft Tax" to you and me is no more than $10. Nothing illegal or even immoral. Just good business. Now, if you want to talk about "embrace, extend, extinguish" and "Windows ain't done till Lotus won't run", then I'll be right there in the evil Microsoft must die camp with you.
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