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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by jolt42 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @07:17PM (#43978914)
IIRC, Microsoft was also charging Dell for a copy of Windows even if they didn't install it on the PC! And yeah OS/2 was ahead by miles.
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by cylemons on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @03:34AM (#43981895)
How was that legal? They were charging dell for something they weren't using?
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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by Ratfor on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @08:27AM (#43983691)
It wasn't; see U.S. vs Microsoft.
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