We had a campaign here several years ago, and $50 was the accepted rate most places.
I don’t think you can legally demand it anymore, but you used to be able to demand that windows was removed, and you were compensated for the price of the license.
Here in EU what made that possible was AFAIK regulation about anti competitive practices.
Problem is it’s never Microsoft that pays, it’s always the vendor or retailer.
Exactly. And my understanding is that they pay something close to the retail rate, whereas they get a discounted rate from Microsoft, so they’re getting shafted multiple ways.
We had a campaign here several years ago, and $50 was the accepted rate most places.
I don’t think you can legally demand it anymore, but you used to be able to demand that windows was removed, and you were compensated for the price of the license.
Here in EU what made that possible was AFAIK regulation about anti competitive practices.
Problem is it’s never Microsoft that pays, it’s always the vendor or retailer.
Exactly. And my understanding is that they pay something close to the retail rate, whereas they get a discounted rate from Microsoft, so they’re getting shafted multiple ways.