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Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by djsumdog on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:18AM (#22002414)
Yep. OEMs were not allowed to sell dual-boot systems if they wanted to keep buying cheap MS licenses. I think they lost that lawsuit, but it was long after BeOS closed up their commercial operations.
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Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by GeekyBear on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:46AM (#22002735)
Didn't Be publicly offer up a free Be OS license to the first OEM willing to ship a duel boot system?

When there were no takers for a free way to have your hardware stand out from the pack, it was hard to imagine a reason for every single OEM in a very crowded field to back away that didn't involve antitrust shenanigans.

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Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by hinkley on Thursday January 09, 2020 @01:45PM (#22004131)
Now that you mention it, I recall this as well.
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