Yeah, but Chrome OS is also developed by Google - a revenue-seeking company.

So you're either missing the point where the margins on the laptops are already including the cost of the OEM OS priced at an even lower price than a personal OEM license, or you're missing the point where the OS being free also includes your annual usage of Google services.

I’m not sure I’m following you. Bottom line is, if a consumer purchasing a laptop doesn’t care about Windows apps, two very similar laptops one running Windows and the other $20 cheaper running ChromeOS is not a good situation for Microsoft. No matter what Googoe’s revenue model is.

Well, I don't see any features of Windows that make it inherently not-free. So what's the catch here? I think people who are selling Windows believe they can milk that cow for some time, still.

During that time they can push on the software development tools/environment; and frankly they have always been better at that. Business logic is better done by business people and no matter how hard an average software developer is going to push against that - that's the truth.

Who do you think is going to acquire AirTable or alike? I could see Microsoft being incredibly interested in that opportunity.