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OSIA Dismisses Gartner Linux Piracy Claim

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the shooting-back dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Inquirer is reporting that a claim by Gartner that Linux desktops are used for pirated copies of windows has been dismissed by the Open Source Industry Association (OSIA). OSIA told The Sydney Morning Herald that 'if Gartner's conclusion that pre-installing Linux encouraged people to steal copies of Windows were correct.... It would be possible to state that pre-installing Windows encourages people to pirate application software.'"

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  1. Re:There should be an MS tax, no there shouldn't.. by jmoen · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes you can, we do that at work.

    You can get PC's, Workstations and Servers without an OS preloaded or FreeDOS (on a bootable CD) but don't know about laptops though since we primarily don't use Dell laptops anymore and all our laptops are Windows based anyway (except for mine :).

    Not sure if you need company account or not, but it's highly likely.