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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by shmerl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @07:55PM (#12916632)
> Wait, why would they?

Because they are obligated to. Forced product bundling is illegal - it violates anti-trust law.

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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by zeta0134 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @08:51PM (#12916979)
Hrm! IANAL, I was entirely unaware this was even a thing, and now I'm deep down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. The more you know!

Looks like the legality of it varies by state / region / country. Maybe it's not illegal where I live; I'm in South Texas. I'll research it though, thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_(commerce)

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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by shmerl on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @09:28PM (#12917191)
This case is especially bad, since you can say it's an anti-competitive practice which benefits Microsoft - it helps them to retain their OS monopoly.
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