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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. I hope the rent is DAMN high by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if you put a hotel on it. Somewhere in the 5 billion range?

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  2. Karma Whores post article here by Karma_fucker_sucker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please?!?!

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