On 1/15/2012 2:51, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> All those people running MS software are *not* MS customers. They are an MS
> product. ;-)

Not precisely. If you bought Windows, you're a customer. If you run Windows, 
you're a potential future customer (Office, upgrades, etc). Unlike broadcast 
television, where there was no rational expectation of actual money coming 
from the viewer in return for the TV shows before they started selling TV 
shows on DVD.

It's just that the number of Windows licenses you personally buy is dwarfed 
by the number that Gateway buys.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   People tell me I am the counter-example.

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