On 12/15/20 1:24 PM, R C wrote:
What I meant was that MS basically, for the longest while, had their
OS pre-installed on computers sold, so it "felt" free to the buyer, it
came with the machine. Universities and colleges did receive bulk
licenses and .NET pretty much for free in their 'Developer Programs'
and also have students keep using it. That "faillure to implement"
obviously was a marketing move indeed, as was students "allowing" to
keep using it on their laptops after graduation.
This is way off-topic, but there are two aspects of home users using
unlicensed copies of Windows:
1.) Users who bought a machine with Windows Home Edition on it who
wanted either Professional or Ultimate;
2.) The enthusiasts who were building their own machines from parts.
That group is small, but they also tend to be very vocal; IT
professionals often fall into this group, and MS wanted to keep them
happy for all the reasons previously posted.
But the Red Hat-based ecosystem version of that second group is
on-topic, as the same sort of enthusiast exists here and has been very
vocal about this change.
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