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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 months ago

Well, they won't be able to sell as many new computers if they let people keep using their old ones.

[-] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Microsoft still makes money off the OEM licenses AFAIK. The Linux community had a whole day about this back in the 90s.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They aren't big in selling hardware.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Doesn't matter, they still get money for Windows licences from OEMs.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

I know, just clarifying that their main business isn't selling hardware.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But that's irrelevant. It's still in their interest to get you to buy new PCs.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

The comment was about selling new computers and not using old ones. They want to sell more software, they aren't hardware focused.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And that comment was 100% correct. They want more computers sold, because more computers sold means more Windows licences sold.

You're acting like PC hardware sales are unrelated to Windows license sales. They're directly related.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Here's the quote:

they won’t be able to sell as many new computers

Their sales of hardware are insignificant.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 2 months ago
[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Even then (and with their Surface tablets) they're not big for MS.

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 3 points 2 months ago

Somewhat ironically the Surface laptops are really great Linux machines.

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