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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by epsylon on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @03:52PM (#6594459)
> Microsoft makes no money by giving away Windows 8.1 for free to consumers.

Of course they make money from it. That's very naive of you to think that they don't.

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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by astrodust on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @04:41PM (#6594817)
I'm sure with Bing they make at least $0.25 a year per user.
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Re:Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @05:00AM (#6597684)
And with the number of users Bing has that's literally tens of dollars each and every year.
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