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Re:Is Microsoft boiling the users to death, by not boiling t... by m1el on Saturday March 18, 2017 @08:21PM (#13904304)
> 1. There is no such thing as a FREE meal (OS)

Windows is not free.

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Re:Is Microsoft boiling the users to death, by not boiling t... by mjevans on Saturday March 18, 2017 @08:45PM (#13904424)
The perception to end users is that it is. When was the last time you heard a /normal/ end user even considering that Windows had a price as part of their computer build?
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Re:Is Microsoft boiling the users to death, by not boiling t... by javajosh on Saturday March 18, 2017 @08:42PM (#13904410)
And neither is macOS - it's cost is baked into the hardware.
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Re:Is Microsoft boiling the users to death, by not boiling t... by bigdubs on Saturday March 18, 2017 @08:42PM (#13904408)
You can install it and run it without a license, this causes a watermark to appear but it's still fully functional.
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