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Users don't know how much OEMs pay for the copy of Windows that's on their machines. MS just simply wouldn't sell it to end users at that price, just like they don't sell regular Windows to end users at OEM prices now.

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The problem is that if there is this cheaper version for netbooks that's good enough, OEMs will just buy that and put it on all their boxes.

And then they would be sued. That's what contracts are for.

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