Thread: PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft's Ballmer says
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Old 10-12-2009, 11:12 AM   #85
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
Huh? Does MS make the PC?
Nope. But the folks who do make the PCs are Microsoft's main customers.

How do most users get Windows? It's pre-installed on a PC they buy, by the manufacturer, who pays license fees to MS.

Note that this probably applies to the majority of upgrades, too. I strongly suspect the majority of users upgrade Windows by buying a whole new PC.

Microsoft's health and success is inextricably tied to that of the manufacturers, so no big surprise Ballmer should say "we". Neither side would really exist without the other.
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