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Annual Cost of Microsoft Monopoly: $10 Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lotta-license dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's deals with major PC vendors lock users out from alternative options, such as Linux. A recent whitepaper calculates that the cost to industry of this Microsoft monopoly is $10 billion per year."

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  1. Poor Apple by databyss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poor apple topic sandwiched between two microsoft topics...

    I predict apple juice.

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  2. Rich Uncle PennyBags would be shocked! by ballstothat · · Score: 5, Funny
    10 billion! Wow... that's like... 5 million hotels on boardwalk!

    I pity the thimble that lands there!

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  3. Re:10 Billion? What? by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I calculated that numbers pulled out of asses cost the industry $98.2 billion last year!

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  4. Somewhere in Redmond... by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    Bill is standing in front of a huge monitor displaying all the major hardware vendors. With a fluffy white cat on his lap and a pinky delicattely placed next to his mouth, he announces to the group that if they do not want his support revoked, they will have to pay, "One hundred Meeeellion dollars."

    The vendors laugh and a hush falls over the Redmond conference table. "Fine," replies Bill, calmly stroking the cat before deftly returning his pinky to his lips, "One hundred Beeeellion dollars!"

    "Shit," reply the executives.

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  5. My Resume Cover Letter by jayhawk88 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dear Universities, Think Tanks, Consulting Agencies, and all other interested parties:

    I would like to apply for the job of "Guy that pulls numbers out of his ass". I feel that my ability to pull numbers out of my ass qualifies me as an excellent candidate for this position. To demonstrate, please allow me to give some examples:

    $4.3 Billion
    $350k per year
    $20.34 for every person in the United States

    Please note how I was effortlessly able to adjust the meanings of the ass-pulled numbers by adding descriptive phrases, while still distancing the numbers from any real facts or statistics. I realize that it takes more than pulling numbers out of my ass to succeed in todays competitive white paper/consulting/propoganda market, and feel that I can be a great benefit to your company.

  6. Re:$AUS10 Billion by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 3, Funny
    But this is what, $42.00 in American currency?

    They said Australian Dollars, not Canadian Dollars.

  7. Hi... by Tebriel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like a big mac, a large fries, and a bullshit statistic to go, please.

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  8. Re:Blatant Example of Microsoft Monopoly by dfiguero · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now someone tell me how Microsoft prices Windows XP $20 cheaper than the same PC with a free operating system.

    Easy:

    They have this deal where clippy will work their helpdesk for X amount of time for every copy of Windows sold...

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  9. Re:Apple is a worse Monopoly in my opinion. by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why don't you buy yourself a dictionary and look up the word "monopoly" then come back here and tell us what Apple has a monopoly on? OK, thanks, bye.

  10. Re:Of Course! by sik0fewl · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's not much different when you're coding C++ for Windows or Linux. Or Java. Or Perl. Or [insert language here].

    Visual Basic?

    *ducks*

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  11. Re:Blatant Example of Microsoft Monopoly by dotpavan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now someone tell me how Microsoft prices Windows XP $20 cheaper than the same PC with a free operating system.

    simple math! it is because XP is worth -$20 :)