From: "Paul Ranson" 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:3e4a2dd5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Because they are competing on hardware. How is bundling Win XP on both
Sony
> & Dell boxes doing that? If dell get some 3'rd party hardware "XP
certified"
> then Sony can use it too in just the same way.

XP is a level playing field, everybody pays.

You are suggesting Dell will invest in Linux and let Sony use the result for free.

Paul

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