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qwerta on Oct 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ubuntu pre-installed and in retail worldwide

OEM gets money from crapware preinstalled on Windows. Also OEM Windows license costs peanuts, so computer without Windows can be actually more expensive.

Raphael on Oct 6, 2013 [–]

So the last hurdle to Linux adoption is crapware.

protomyth on Oct 6, 2013 | [–]

Or some other way for the hardware vendor to make more money on a Linux install than a Windows install.

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